Doug Ford, Marit Stiles, Bonnie Crombie and Mike Schreiner will meet onstage in North Bay for the primary leaders’ debate of the election
EDITOR’S NOTE: This text initially appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media web site dedicated to overlaying provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
The leaders of Ontario’s 4 principal political events will probably be in North Bay on Friday for a debate on northern points.
Progressive Conservative Chief Doug Ford, NDP Chief Marit Stiles, Liberal Chief Bonnie Crombie and Inexperienced Get together Chief Mike Schreiner have all confirmed their attendance on the debate hosted by the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM).
“FONOM’s mission is to enhance the financial and social high quality of life for all Northerners and to make sure a affluent future for our youth,” says FONOM president Danny Whalen.
“This debate provides an important opportunity for Northerners to hear directly from provincial leaders about the unique challenges and opportunities impacting our daily lives.”
The talk will start at 1 p.m. and will probably be live-streamed on all Village Media web sites, together with this one. Reporters from our provincial politics bureau, The Trillium, will probably be on-site to cowl the occasion.
Will probably be held at Canadore Faculty in North Bay, however tickets to attend in particular person are already bought out.
Requested on Wednesday what she desires to speak about within the debate, Crombie mentioned that the problems within the area are “comparable” to these in the remainder of Ontario, however “much more acute in northern communities, the place even fewer household docs reside.”
“My precedence will proceed to be well being care on this province, regardless of the place we host a debate or meet Ontarians,” she mentioned.
Schreiner mentioned the problem he has heard essentially the most about from each northern and southern Ontarians is “the affordability disaster pushed by the housing disaster.”
“Affordability challenges are even better, oftentimes in northern and rural communities than in southern Ontario,” mentioned Schreiner.
“I’ve met with numerous companies within the north who’re having bother hiring staff as a result of their staff haven’t any place to stay, and that is as a result of Doug Ford has failed to deal with the housing disaster.”
One other debate is being deliberate for Household Day on Feb. 17, organized by a consortium of broadcasters together with Ontario Chronicle, CBC, CTV, TVO, CHCH, CPAC, CityNews and CP24, and moderated by CBC host David Frequent.
All 4 main celebration leaders have confirmed their participation on this debate as properly.
