Xtra.ca – Krishna Rau
Ontario Votes 2007 – Who you gonna pick?
If there’s one riding in Ontario where queer issues carry a huge amount of weight it’s Toronto Centre. The Church-Wellesley neighbourhood happens to be in the heart of Toronto Centre, so queer businesses and residents in the area carry considerable political clout. The candidates for the four major parties were eager to show off their pink credentials to Xtra. We asked them about trans issues, education, HIV, seniors and public sex in Queen’s Park.
Sandra Gonz?lez, NDP
Sandra Gonz?lez was raised in Mexico and works in social housing and community development. She says she’s running out of a sense of outrage.
“It’s an issue of social justice and equality,” she says. “Social housing is in shambles. I see highly qualified people who can’t get a job. Healthcare is also in a shambles. I don’t believe in working for people, I believe in working with people.”