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Municipal elections are just days away in the Central Okanagan.

With only a few days left before you cast your vote many Okanagan residents trying to educate themselves about the candidates.

In Kelowna there have been a series of forums and there is another one tonight.
 
The Central Okanagan Early Years Partnership (COEYP), in conjunction with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, is putting on an all-candidates moderated panel forum which takes place at the Rutland Centennial Hall tonight at 7 p.m.

The forum is open to the general public.

According to Myrna Kalmakoff of COEYP, many voters don’t always fully appreciate the role that municipal government can play in helping to tackle issues around poverty and early childhood development:

“It’s a generalization, but I’d say many voters don’t quite realize how much power our local government actually has to influence challenges around poverty and early childhood development. I often hear voters say, “Oh, that’s a job for the provincial government”, and certainly the province has a lot of power, but municipal governments have a broad range of powers too. It’s important that voters know this as they cast their ballots.”

COEYP has also been collecting responses from candidates outside of Kelowna which you can read
on their website.