Missing: one candidate for MPP Trinity-Spadina.
That was the sign the Liberal Party might as well have been running Monday afternoon when their candidate in Trinity-Spadina, Kate Holloway, failed to make it out to an all candidates debate arranged by the Canadian Studies department.
Around 100 students, three candidates, and one embarrassed-looking prof waited around for 20 minutes before starting the debate sans Holloway. Professor Todd Gordon, who hosted the debate in his class, said he had made arrangements with Holloway’s offi ce weeks ago. When Holloway didn’t show, Gordon tried calling her office—where no one seemed to know where she was.
According to a representative from her campaign office, the problem was that Holloway’s Google Calendar lost several of the events she had agreed to attend. The offi ce tried to recreate the calendar based on old emails from Holloway’s Gmail account and from her website, but to no avail.
While Dan King, Tyler Currie, and Rosario Marchese tossed barbs at one another and responded to students’ questions, Holloway was apparently out canvassing and gracing other events—presumably ones she made after her calendar crashed.
As of press time, the Liberal riding association had not answered The Varsity’s request for comment.
