Organizers have cancelled a major debate on seniors’ issues that was to be held Monday at city-owned Metro Hall, saying Toronto city staff belatedly insisted dozens of registered mayoral candidates all be invited to participate. Earlier Friday, mayoral candidates who had been invited Sept. 14 to the Oct. 4 Mayoral Debate on Heritage received an email saying that forum is also cancelled. Allison Bain, executive director of Heritage Toronto, wrote to them: “For many years, Heritage Toronto has hosted a Mayoral Debate on Heritage. Tory campaign spokeswoman Keerthana Kamalavasan said in an email the decision to cancel the seniors debate “was entirely the decision of the debate organizers. In each of the past two elections mayoral candidates have squared off almost 100 times, with front-runners picking and choosing which debates in which to participate.

Source: thestar September 30, 2018 21:04 UTC