Author: Marie Gionet

The Pontiac candidate for the People’s Party of Canada, David Bruce Gottfred, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about his candidacy. An engineer by trade, he describes himself as a “semi-retired” stay-at-home father and currently resides with his wife and two children in Chelsea. He has previous political experience working on the 2006 and 2008 campaigns for […]

C’est maintenant officiel, les pompiers de la brigade d’incendie de Mansfield pourront maintenant se servir de la lumière verte pour intervenir sur les lieux d’incendie ou encore se rendre à la caserne. Des panneaux ont d’ailleurs été installés depuis quelques jours dans la municipalité de Mansfield-et-Pontefract, afin d’avertir les automobilistes de ce nouveau procédé qui […]

Pontiac Green Party candidate Shaughn McArthur finished his canoe trip 150 km down the Gatineau river on Monday (September 6). Accompanied by Hull-Aylmer candidate Simon Gnocchini-Messier, he spoke about his various platform commitments. He said that the trip was a good opportunity to visit with constituents and get away from the “noise of the campaign […]

This Labour Day weekend, Pontiac Liberal candidate Sophie Chatel took in the Shawville Fair and met several farmers from the area. She was accompanied by MNA André Fortin, who introduced her to some of the locals. “It was wonderful, absolutely wonderful to see the energy of this beautiful community,” she said. CHIP101.9 · Clip – […]

Hydro-Québec has launched a telephone survey of elected municipal officials and municipal management in MRC Pontiac in order to find out the degree of satisfaction in the various communities. Their community relations agent, Alain Paquette, explained that the survey will help guide the state-owned company in its operations in the region and strengthen ties with […]

At the federal candidates debate hosted by CHIP 101.9 last week, Green candidate Shaughn McArthur was asked about the public infighting that has been going on between his party members and their new leader Annamie Paul. McArthur responded that voters should be focused on the representatives in their ridings and holding the current government to […]

Three Conservative candidates in the Outaouais voiced their support for the tramway project in west Gatineau in a press conference yesterday. Pontiac candidate Michel Gauthier one, along with his colleagues Sandrine Périon of Hull-Aylmer and Joël Bernard of Gatineau. The project would provide a public transportation link between Aylmer and downtown Ottawa. The provincial government […]

At CHIP 101.9’s debate between four of the federal candidates for the Pontiac riding, local business owner Jim Coffey asked the candidates what they thought could be done to improve public participation in the democratic process. He began by pointing out that the four candidates had been either appointed or had an uncontested nomination. CHIP101.9 […]

Pontiac Liberal candidate Sophie Chatel was asked by CHIP 101.9 at the candidates debate last week about the timing of the election. Her response very closely mirrored that of the prime minister when he was asked the same question. “What we are seeing now is, perhaps, a challenge like we’ve seen before World War II,” […]