Canada’s 45th General Election began on March 23, 2025 with voting day happening on April 28.

Lunenburg County is located in the recently-redrawn riding of South Shore—St. Margarets.

The Lunenburg Barnacle reached out to all federal candidates and parties that are officially running in the election.

Rick Perkins, the Conservative Party candidate, did not respond to multiple attempts to reach him.

The South Shore—St. Margaret’s New Democratic Party (NDP) Electoral District Association (EDA) responded to our outreach saying that they would respond to our questions, but they did not submit any responses by the time of publication.

We asked candidates five questions on policy topics that we have recently covered in the Lunenburg Barnacle.

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