Vancouver byelection candidates differ over how best to reach voters [Video]

As Vancouver nears its April 5 two-seat byelection, candidates have been in neighbourhoods talking directly with voters at several all-candidates meetings, but two in particular have, so far, been absent.

The pass on the events by ABC Vancouver candidates Jaime Stein and Ralph Kaisers — running for the party with a current majority on council — has puzzled some voters and candidates from opposition parties who are making community-led events a central pillar of their campaigns.

“I mean, this is democracy manifest, right?” said Theodore Abbott, one of two TEAM for A Livable Vancouver byelection candidates at an event Monday in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood.

“This is democracy in action happening.”

WATCH | Questions as two candidates don’t appear at all-candidate meetings: On April 5, voters will elect two new councillors in Vancouver. Those running have been attending all-candidate meetings, but as Chad Pawson reports, two of them have not shown up.

On Monday, Abbott was one …