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Monday, May 7, 2012

Ward 3 Candidate Says He Can't Get Information On City's Pension Plan

Time is running short to make your pitch before voters get to cast their ballots in the Municipal election next Monday.

An all candidates meeting will be held tomorrow night at Harbourview High that's being organised by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. It gets underway at 7 and three hours have been set aside for it.

Chris Belyea, who operates a home care agency for seniors with his wife, is running in Ward 3.

As for what he would do about the city's pension plan and its rising deficit, Belyea concedes he and some of the other candidates have been trying, without success to get information.

He would like to see more co-operation and less confrontation at Common Council along with seniors getting a bit of relief with their utility bills. Belyea tells CHSJ News he has seen first hand seniors forgoing food and medication to pay those bills.