TORONTO – Four out of five party leaders have been invited to TVO Broadcast Centre in midtown Toronto for a leader’s debate. The debate is open to all foremost party leaders running candidates in all Ontario ridings with an elected MPP sitting in the provincial legislature.
Steven Del Duca’s Liberal Party, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party, Andrea Horwath’s New Democratic Party, and Mike Schreiner’s Green Party of Ontario have all been invited to participate. However, missing from the debate is the New Blue Party Leaders Belinda and Jim Karahalios.
Ontario's leading broadcasters will collectively produce and televise the debate on May 16.
The event will be televised, but the debate will also be simulcast on various radio stations in the province and can be streamed online.
The scheduled broadcast will be moderated by TVO’s journalists Steve Paikin and The Toronto Star’s Althia Raj.
Questions posed during the discussion will come from the two moderators who have curated their questions from a wider group of journalists working for members of the broadcast partnership. There will also be an opportunity for candidates to ask questions of each other.
