MEET SUREKHA SHENOY, LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE

NAME: Surekha Shenoy

RIDING: Cambridge

PARTY: Ontario Liberal Party

AGE: 55

OCCUPATION: Former financial services executive/engineer

RESIDENCE: Cambridge riding

PAST POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: 2018 Provincial Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Kitchener South-Hespeler, past president of the Waterloo Region Women's Provincial Liberal Association, addressed City of Cambridge council on various issues both as a concerned citizen and chair of CMH Foundation Board. Worked with the City of Mississauga championing the set up of Cooksville BIA.

HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THE PROVINCE'S COVID-19 RESPONSE AND WHY?:

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Leadership is about making tough decisions, especially during emergencies. Ford government did not live up to its responsibilities, even on the easiest things to do: mandate wearing a mask, make testing kits readily available, put in measures to prevent spread (social workers to work at one facility), paid sick leave, did not provide transition tools to teachers to help with online learning etc. Ford still does not have a plan, refused a mask mandate in schools and went to bat with school boards for mandating masks.

IF ELECTED, I PLEDGE ... You will have in me a person of integrity, sincere, hardworking, not afraid to speak up, a voice you can depend on. I am a believer in a fair and inclusive society for all, where no one is left behind and we can all work together for a better Ontario.