This week features current M.P. Rachel Blaney of the NDP. (Last week was with the Green Party candidate, available on folku.ca/podcasts) Invites out to the other candidates and awaiting response.

What really matters to you this election? What do you wish you could ask? Tune in this Friday at 1 p.m. (and Monday at 6:30) on CortesRadio.ca or 89.5FM for the beginning of our Folk U election series where host Manda Aufochs Gillespie goes deeper with this year’s candidates vying to represent North Island-Powell River in the federal government.

BUT FIRST: What do you want to ask the candidates? What matters most to you right now? What are the small town issues that aren’t being asked? Send your questions to u@folku.ca in advance of Fridays show and help make this a meaningful conversation with today’s candidates.

Top photo credit: NDP candidate and North Island-Powell River incumbent Rachel Blaney standing in front of the docks in Campbell River.