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Age: 57

Born: Montreal

Education: B.A. in Applied Social Sciences and MA in History and Philosophy of Religion from Concordia University.

Career: First elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1987. Served as Minister of Government Services and Minister of Correctional Services. Community involvement includes role as CEO of the CHEO fundraising campaign and as director of International Development on the National Council of the YMCA. Currently, opposition critic for Housing, Privatization and Human Rights. read more

By Shaun McKenna

Some voters in Ottawa Centre say they feel they’re having a hard time getting answers from some of the candidates at all-candidates forums in this election.

“I received no direct response,” said Tracey Lauriault, who attented a child-care forum at the Bronson Centre. Lauriault is a full-time student at Carleton University and a mother of two children aged 4, and 8. She asked for a commitment from the candidates to increase child-care spaces. read more

By Suman Bhattacharyya

Whether they’re right, left, blue, orange or red, they all concede that traditional issues in Ottawa Centre have a sharper edge this time round.

“It’s one of the most exciting constituencies in Canada,” says George Devine, campaign manager for Liberal candidate Richard Patten. “To be involved politically, it’s kind of a microcosm of all the issues that there are provincially.” read more

Age: 40

Born: Ottawa

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Geography at Simon Fraser University and a Master’s in Urban Planning at Queen’s University.

Career: Arnold is the city councillor for Somerset Ward in Centretown. She is Chair of the Planning and Economic Development Committee, is a member of the Community Services and Operations Committee, the Advisory Committee on Equity and Diversity and the Environmental Advisory committee. read more