Photos from the first 2018 Ontario leaders debate

CityNews hosted a debate between Kathleen Wynne, Doug Ford and Andrea Horwath. Here’s how it looked.

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(L-R) Doug Ford, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and Kathleen Wynne, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party during the CityNews first televised debate ahead of this year’s Ontario provincial election held at City studios on May 7, 2018 in Toronto. (Marta Iwanek for Maclean’s)

CityNews hosted the first debate of Ontario’s provincial election campaign. Cynthia Mulligan, a political specialist at CityNews, moderated the debate and grilled Premier Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford and NDP leader Andrea Horwath.

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