In the lead-up to the 2012 Alberta Provincial Election taking place on April 23rd, CJSW volunteers have been attending all-candidate forums recorders in hand. Excerpts of the forums will be broadcast on CJSW Presents… Tuesday mornings from 11am until noon. Below are the un-cut recordings of the forums. If you know of a provincial election forum that you would like a CJSW volunteer to record contact CJSW News Director Marc Affeld: news@cjsw.com. Remember to check back here to listen to recordings of more forums as they come in!

Water for Tomorrow

A Candidates’ Forum in Calgary on Water Issues

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Candidates participating in the forum:

• Larry Ashmore (Candidate for Livingstone-Macleod) EverGreen Party
• David Swann (MLA for Calgary-Mountain View) Liberal Party
• Robyn Luff (Candidate for Calgary-East) New Democratic Party
• Evan Berger (MLA for Livingstone-Macleod) Progressive Conservative Party
• Richard Jones (Candidate for Calgary-Acadia) Wildrose Party

Moderator: Donna McElligott, CBC Radio

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ArtsVote Calgary Election Forum

Friday March 30,

Candidates participating in the forum:

• David Swann, Alberta Liberal Party, Calgary – Mountain View
• Marc Power, Alberta’s New Democratic Party, Calgary – Klein
• Kevin Woron, Alberta Party, Calgary – Hawkwood
• Sandra Jansen, Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, Calgary – North West
• William Hamilton, EverGreen Party of Alberta, Calgary – Elbow
• Mike Blanchard, Wildrose Alliance, Calgary – Buffalo
• Len Skowronski, Alberta Social Credit Party, Calgary – Hawkwood

Calgary’s Poet Laureate Kris Demeanor opened the forum with a topical poem.

Moderator: Russell Bowers, CBC Radio

Part 1: Introduction, poem and opening remarks from candidates:

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Kingsland Farmers Market - Food & AG Policy All Candidates’ Forum

Friday, April 20, 2012

• Paul Hinman - Wildrose Party (Calgary-Glenmore)
• Norval Horner - Liberal Party of Alberta (Calgary-Currie)
• Linda Johnson - PC Party of Alberta (Calgary-Glenmore)
• Cory mack - Alberta Party (Calgary-Buffalo)
• Mary Nokleby - Alberta NDP (Calgary-West)

Calgary-Elbow All-Candidates’ Forum

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Presented by The Students’ Association of Mount Royal University

The forum was set up like the 1960s game show called “The Dating Game,” in which a person seeking a date would question candidates who were hidden from his or her view.

• “Candidate #1″: Greg Clark, Alberta Party
• “Candidate #2″: James Cole, Wildrose
• “Candidate #3″: Craig Coolahan, New Democratic Party
• “Candidate #4″:William Hamilton, EverGreen Party of Alberta
• “Candidate #5″: Alison Redford, Progressive Conservative

Moderated by Acting President Kaylene McTavish

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Calgary Varsity All-Candidates’ Forum

Wednesday, April 18 at the Dalhousie Community Association.

Candidates participating in the forum (in order of appearance):

• Rob Solinger, Wildrose Alliance
• Jackie Seidel, Alberta’s New Democratic Party
• Carl Svoboda,  EverGreen Party of Alberta
• Alex Mcbrien, Alberta Party
• Donna Kennedy-Glans, Alberta Progressive Conservative Party
• Bruce Payne,Alberta Liberal Party(Our apologies, but this audio is not broadcast-quality)

Part 1: Introductions

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