It was a left-of-centre heavy presence on stage at the Kelowna Senior Citizens91裸聊视频� Society Thursday night as seven of 12 federal candidates from the Central Okanagan91裸聊视频檚 two ridings met to discuss topics affecting area residents.

Notable absences included candidates from the Conservative Party, the Marijuana Party and one People91裸聊视频檚 Party of Canada candidate.

That left only Kelowna-Lake Country John Barr of the People91裸聊视频檚 Party on the right to balance out a full turnout on the left which included the Liberals Mary Ann Murphy (Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola) and Stephen Fuhr (Kelowna-Lake Country), the NDP91裸聊视频檚 Joan Phillip (Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola) and Justin Kulik (Kelowna-Lake Country) and the Green Party91裸聊视频檚 Robert Mellalieu (Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola) and Travis Ashley (Kelowna-Lake Country).

The forum, hosted by the Canadian Federation of University Women Kelowna, had candidates cover platform positions on various topics, including pharmacare, climate change, homelessness and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The imbalance in political ideas was apparent in the candidates91裸聊视频� respective handling of a question regarding the reduction of carbon emissions.

91裸聊视频淎re you sure that reduce is the word that you want to use?91裸聊视频� said Barr.

91裸聊视频淥n Aug. 9 a major party tweeted: 91裸聊视频楾his is what we91裸聊视频檙e up against. If humanity doesn91裸聊视频檛 transition off fossil fuels (before the next election) the earth will heat to unsafe levels and there will be climate catastrophe.91裸聊视频� The PPC rejects this rhetoric as alarmist and will focus on concrete solutions,91裸聊视频� he said.

The tweet which Barr referenced was made by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.

This is what we're up against. If humanity doesn't transition off fossil fuels (before the next election) the earth will heat to unsafe levels and there will be climate catastrophe.

91裸聊视频� Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay)

While the Greens, Liberals and NDP all recognize the issues a changing climate poses, their ideas on how to remedy the situation vary.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a scientific consensus that says we should be acting on climate change,91裸聊视频� said Fuhr. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 an economic consensus that tells us that pricing pollution would be better off to any climate plan that has a chance at working. We actually have put a national price on pollution. In British Columbia, we91裸聊视频檝e had a price on pollution for a decade. We know that it works.91裸聊视频�

He said it could have been more effective if the previous federal government had kept up with climate action.

Kulik agreed with Fuhr the previous government did not do enough regarding climate change but said the current Liberal government has also failed to do its job.

91裸聊视频淭he Liberals like to say that its all about their (Paris Agreement) targets,91裸聊视频� said Kulik. 91裸聊视频淏ut the government itself has announced it91裸聊视频檚 not on track to hit those targets, let alone targets that will actually keep global warming to 1.5 C.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e going to take Paris targets, we91裸聊视频檙e going to increase them and we91裸聊视频檙e going to put them into law.91裸聊视频�

Ashley expressed a similar sentiment. He said it would require political courage, adding the parties need to work together on a climate plan.

91裸聊视频淲e are at war with climate change,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e have to establish an inner cabinet of all parties with cooperation because this is a universal threat,91裸聊视频� said Ashley. 91裸聊视频淲e will reduce our emissions by 60 per cent before 2005 levels by 2030 and head towards zero emissions by 2050.91裸聊视频�

Two more forums are currently scheduled for the Central Okanagan ridings:

• Sept. 21 91裸聊视频� 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kelowna Downtown Library
• Oct. 16 91裸聊视频� 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Coast Capri Hotel

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