Debate for provinicial elections (10/4/2011)

Dalton McGinty, Andrea Horwath, and Tim Hudak

Last Tuesday, in spirit of the upcoming elections, the provincial representatives of Canada's three major political parties went against each other in a heated debate. Covered by TVO, the debate lasted for ninety minutes, within which six questions were asked to the leaders. Tim Hudak from the PC (Progressive Conservative Party), Dalton McGinty from the Liberal Party, and Andrea Horwath from the NDP (New Democratic Party) debated each topic diligently and punctiliously. The debate was very peaceful at the beginning, but became grew intense as they started to take personal shots at each other.

As soon as the debate started, it was clear where it was headed. Hudak, in his first few minutes, threw all of his points against McGuinty. In fact, most of the arguments from both Hudak and Horwath were presented against McGinty. According to me, McGinty did not make his party's plans clear, unlike the others. He kept a defensive stand during the whole debate. Horwath, who was more aggressive, struggled to keep her talk under the time limit and interrupted both leaders in their speeches. Personally, I liked Tim Hudak the best because he managed to effectively debate against the other parties, and at the same time he got his party's message across to the public. If I could vote, then it would be for Tim Hudak from the Conservatives.