Coffin, Crosbie and Furey hashing out visions for N.L. in televised debate
First televised leaders' debate for Furey, while Coffin and Crosbie get rematch
After two weeks ofNewfoundland and Labrador's major political players dropping breadcrumbs toward their vision for the province, party leaders are going head-to-head on hot topics Wednesday evening in a provincially televised leaders' debate.
Although no party has released a full platform to date instead choosing totakea one-topic-per-day approach to revealing their campaign promises NDP Leader Alison Coffin, PC Leader Ches Crosbie andLiberal Leader Andrew Fureyhave addressed issues ranging from fertilization treatments to the fishery.
Wednesday night at the House of Assembly,they'll have an opportunity to challenge each other face-to-face on those pledges.
The parties have squared off in two public forums already thisweek: one of them highlighting education and schools, the other, labour.
Furey, however, was absent at the latter, citing a busy travel schedule and his preparations for Wednesday's debate.
Crosbie and Coffin have a leg up on Fureyin terms of debate experience, having tested each other's campaigns in the 2019 election.
Furey, however, got a taste of the action in the 2020 Liberal leadership debate against his then opponentJohn Abbott.
Wednesday's debate will be live, starting at 7 p.m. NT, on CBCTelevision, CBC Radio, onCBC NL's YouTube pageand right here at cbc.ca/nl.
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