Five of the 16 candidates running for mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) fielded questions on transportation, affordability, taxes, and homelessness at an event hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning.
HRM councillors Pam Lovelace and Waye Mason, former Halifax Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, retired police officer Jim Hoskins, and political newcomer and auto mechanic Nolan Greenough participated in the event.
Chamber president and CEO Patrick Sullivan led the conversation, billed as “Meet your Mayoral Candidates,” and acted as moderator. More than 100 people attended the event at the Westin.
Fillmore pledged to freeze the residential tax rate for two years to complete an audit of all municipal services, if elected.
“So we can take a breath and do a serious internal audit on the way HRM delivers services and ensure we are eliminating all the inefficiencies and …