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The Great Debate

Submitted by Irwin Loy on October 27, 2008 - 1:43pm.

gregor robertson

Vancouver’s leading candidates for mayor spent Wednesday evening sparring over the city’s crucial issues of homelessness, addiction and mental health.

In the end, neither Peter Ladner nor Gregor Robertson scored a knockout punch in a debate sponsored byTheTyee.ca and 24 hours, but the public saw pieces of differing opinions emerging in a cautious campaign that has been light on policy discussion so far.

For Robertson, the mayoral candidate with the centre-left Vision Vancouver party, Wednesday’s debate wasa chance to add flesh to his campaign, which has so far been generous with bold promises – ending homelessness by 2015, for example –but stingy with specifics on how to do it.

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