Sudbury East contenders talk tariffs, taxes and sustainable extraction

Remember that other E word, that isn’t the economy? The environment hasn’t come up much in this federal election campaign, but the issue got some (arguably overdue) attention during a debate Tuesday for the Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt riding. Perhaps the absence of Conservative candidate Jim Belanger had something to do with it, while Green standard-bearer Himal Hossain seemed only too happy to be there, parked centre-stage between the NDP’s Andreane Chenier and Libera