Rick Morelli Archive

NDP subway message also veering off track

The brows of Vaughan's subway supporters furrowed during last week's televised leaders' debate when provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said the Spadina extension should end at York University. Hampton's position is not new, but it is contrary to what his Vaughan candidate, Rick Morelli, is on the record as saying.
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PC no-show for TV show
PC no-show for TV show

The televised all-candidates debate for the riding of Vaughan airing on Rogers Television this weekend will be one candidate short of living up to its billing. Producer Jennifer Harrison confirmed on Wednesday that PC candidate Gayani Weerasinghe was absent from the pre-taped debate, leaving Green Party candidate Russell Korus and NDP candidate Rick Morelli to take [...]
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Health care top issue for new NDP candidate

Rick Morelli, a family man and “dispensary entrepreneur”, says Vaughan is ailing and would improve its health by filling the prescription offered by the NDP. The 41-year-old Vaughan candidate will take up the NDP banner and take on incumbent Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara in the Oct. 10 provincial election. Other challengers are Gayani Weerasinghe of the [...]
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