BCN Lethbridge news about Leslyn Lewis on the mandates and housing crisis in Canada

Dr Leslyn Lewis is one of at least eleven people
The Haldimand-Norfolk MP was the first leadership
candidate to give onto the ballot,
just ahead of frontrunner Pierre Poilievre.
Lewis made a stop in Lethbridge on Tuesday evening,
and BCN's Naveen Day was there and filed this report.
It was close to a full house at
Third Day Church in Lethbridge as
Dr. Leslyn Lewis came to share her vision
for the future of the Conservative Party.
Following her twelve minutes speech, Lewis stayed
for an additional 2 hours to answer
questions and hear concerns from the community.
One attendee said she was frustrated that she cannot
travel and visit family in other countries because of
current health measures that are in place.
What's your plan of action for
removing those in our country?
We need health policies that are based
on health policies,
not on political policies.
We don't need political science, we need real science.
And so we need our government to implement policies
that are not just based on punishing people that
are really meant to keep us safe.
Attendees young and old came to ask Lewis questions.
One young adult was concerned about
the affordability of buying a home.
What are some of the policies you would enact to
deal with the housing crisis in this country that makes
many young people, such as myself, very nervous when it
comes, when we eventually want to own a home or a piece of property.
When the average home in this
country is a million dollars, it seems just so insurmountable,
and many young people cannot conceive of how they're going
to save for that.
And so we do need some policies to be put in place.
One, we need to build more homes.
We need to incentivize builders to build these homes.
We need to create incentives in the marketplace so
that we could have more supply out there.
And then we also need to create
opportunities for young people to get there.
Many of them have student loans.
We need to extend the time for
them to pay off their student loans
without charging that additional interest on it.
Conservative candidates have until April 19 to
enter the race and until April 29
to submit their nomination papers.
500 signatures from members of the party, as
well as a registration fee and compliance deposit.
Totalling $300,000.
For Bridge City News, I'm Naveen Day.