SIMCOE-GREY GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE ALLAN KUHN

CANDIDATE: Allan Kuhn

RIDING: Simcoe-Grey

PARTY: Green Party

AGE: 49

OCCUPATION: Social Service Worker and Market Gardener, "Social Farmer"

RESIDES IN: Angus

PAST POLITICAL EXPERIENCE:

Helped Green Party in London, Ont. in the 1990s campaign. Volunteering with the Angus Farmers Market Committee since 2016, we were able to have Essa Township recognize the "Angus Farmers Market" as a municipally significant event.

HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THE PROVINCE'S COVID-19 RESPONSE AND WHY? Although the province committed massive resources to achieve a high vaccination rate, and did educate people about precautionary measures, and introduced effective mandates, and increased wages for front-line workers, I am giving them a D-. The province did not address the crisis in health care, long-term care, small business, prisons, shelters, not-for-profits, the Ottawa occupation, paid permanent sick-days, and they dropped masks too early, which appears to be affecting staffing levels everywhere.

IF ELECTED (RE-ELECTED), I PLEDGE TO: Welcome all stakeholders in SimcoeCounty to the table equally

and represent all voices effectively. Crush the climate crisis, bringing jobs and industry with the new green economy. Introduce affordable housing solutions, and recognize mental health is health, while listening to, learning from and working with local Indigenous communities.