“Look, there are times when candidates can’t appear for whatever reason,†said Dheer. “We made every attempt to accommodate them, but they wanted all the debate times to be changed.â€
The president of the NDP in Mississauga-Streetsville, Chris Erskine, said in a release that the 27-year-old Pinto works two jobs to support his studies and wasn’t able to make it for the scheduled time.
“We didn’t feel that it was fair and we were looking for more flexibility,†said Erskine. “Not all candidates are wealthy enough to take time off work. I wish that was the case but financially, Keith is unable to do that.â€
Candidate not shut out, says RogersTV official – The Mississauga News – Mississauga.com.
I think this is pretty silly that Pinto wants to campaign, but can’t take the time off to do just that. I think the NDP made a bad choice for him as a candidate, because of his availability … or lack thereof.
In this race to win an election, there is no way other candidates are going to work around his schedule.
Besides is his workplace not confident enough to support him that they would let him take time off work to go to the debate? Or at least get his co-worker to switch shifts if money is an issue?
If he can’t convince a co-worker or boss, people who know him well, to support him in the campaign, then he’s pretty much doomed because what are the chances that people who don’t know him will vote for him?





























