All Candidates Meeting - Collingwood Neighborhood House

I attended the entirety of the all candidates meeting at Collingwood Neigborhood House and concur with the poster who attended the meeting at the Polish Centre. It's clear the real race is between Don Davies and Wendy Yuan... and that Don is a much better connected and more in-touch candidate of the two. Wendy spent much of the night attempting to pull heart-strings, repeating about four or five times that she was an immigrant who came with $25 and a dream and that she was grateful how Canada allowed her to fulfill her dream and that it'd be an honour to serve and that if she was given that honor, she'd be true to the people... blah, blah, blah... no real substance, the overall impression I got (and I tend to read people exceedingly well) was that she was following a script of what she thought people wanted to hear. I was also left with the impression that she dodged questions very well and gave much irrelevant info to advance her position. She also appeared nervous and unsteady and although she can be forgiven for that, I question her ability to fight for us in Ottawa. Bottom line: I don't feel I can trust her. Don, on the other hand, answered questions very directly and provided good details which demonstrated that he was familiar and close to the issues. Very calm and collected throughout, he looked parliamentarian and I would have faith that he could do a good job representing us. I spoke to him after the debate and picked his brain a bit about the NDP's position on unions and health care and I felt that he listened well and considered my opinions carefully. Good luck Don, you've got my vote.