Toronto mayoral candidates to square off in first debate since close of nominations

Toronto mayoral raceHosted by the Daily Bread Food Bank, the debate will focus on “the city’s key issues of affordability, food insecurity, poverty and more.”

While there are a record 102 candidates registered to run in the election, the organization says it invited the six who are polling highest.Polls so far have consistently placedwith Mark Saunders often coming second, though they have also indicated that around a third of Toronto voters remain undecided.

Sanders was invited to attend but his campaign said he would not be able to due to a conflict with another event. Saunders did attend another debate last week hosted by the small business community on Queen Street West. Tonight’s debate marks the first involving most of the leading candidates in the polls, as Chow, Bailão and Matlow did not attend the small business debate.All of the candidates will be asked to answer three questions, followed by other questions from audience members. Candidates will then have an opportunity to pose a question to one of their rival candidates

CP24 will carry a live stream of the debate on CP24.com and the CP24 app and will be live-blogging the debate as it happens.

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