MEET KITCHENER-CONESTOGA NEW BLUE PARTY OF ONTARIO CANDIDATE JIM KARAHALIOS

A LOOK AT WHO'S RUNNING TO BE KITCHENERCONESTOGA'S MPP IN THE 2022 PROVINCIAL ELECTION

NAME: Jim Karahalios

RIDING: Kitchener-Conestoga

PARTY: New Blue Party of Ontario

AGE: 43

RESIDENCE: Cambridge

OCCUPATION: Leader, New Blue Party of Ontario, lawyer

PAST POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Corporate lawyer in Cambridge and co-founder and leader of the New Blue Party.

HOW WOULD YOU GRADE

THE PROVINCE'S COVID-19 RESPONSE AND WHY? (LETTER GRADE + RESPONSE): "You can't grade someone who doesn't show up. We should have expanded and made readily available early treatment for COVID-19 — instead, the Ford PCs chose the longest lockdowns in North America to make us 'woke' and broke, and COVID-19 is still here."

IF ELECTED, I PLEDGE TO: "Fight for our shared values that have made Ontario a place of opportunity for generations. I will advocate for our platform commitments — The New Blueprint at newblueontario.com/new-blueprint — including scrapping the taxpayer funding of political parties, banning lobbyists from internal party politics, stopping critical race theory and providing tax relief."