Editorial: The value in byelection all-candidates meetings [Video]

Byelections are interesting because they don’t carry the same baggage as a general election, when candidates are more controlled by defined party policy.

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They also provide a chance for agriculture to reach the top of the agenda in regions where it dominates.

I live in the north corner of the sprawling Lambton-Kent-Middlesex riding, where a provincial byelection is now being contested. The election is May 2.

Popular MPP Monte McNaughton resigned his seat last fall, opening the riding he was expected to continue to win.

At about the same size as Prince Edward Island, the riding covers a significant portion of agricultural land, so farm groups are hosting all-candidates meetings.

The first was held April 11 in Alvinston, with a much bigger crowd than expected at about 200 people, including …