Going virtual: Chamber to host online all-candidates debate for Nanaimo riding
NANAIMO — The Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce’s traditional all-candidates debate is going virtual for the 2020 provincial election.
The Wednesday, Oct. 14 debate will pit incumbent NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson up against Liberal Kathleen Jones and Green Lia Versaevel in a virtual Q&A at the nearly-empty Shaw Auditorium.
Kim Smythe, Chamber CEO, told NanaimoNewsNOW the modified debate has forced a change in format.
“We’re going to introduce some Zoom segments where people will be asking specific questions, issue-based questions so we can try and cover as much territory as possible,” Kim Smythe, chamber CEO, said.