All eyes will be on the three major party leaders as they square off Sunday in the final debate of the liveliest Ontario election in years.The stakes are high, with polls showing NDP Leader Andrea Horwath surging ahead of Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne, premier since 2013, fighting for survival.Moderated by journalists Farah Nasser of Global News and TVO’s Steve Paikin, the debate will be broadcast from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on CBC, CTV, Global, TVO, CPAC and CHCH.It is the third debate of the campaign — City hosted a Toronto event and another was held in Parry Sound on northern Ontario issues — and will be the last time the leaders share a stage before the June 7 vote.Wynne, whose party has held power since her predecessor, Dalton McGuinty, was elected in 2003, said preparing for a debate “is always a multi-faceted thing.”“You are always dealing with two fronts, so we’ll be adapting to that, but at the same time, the message that I am bringing into this campaign, and into this debate, is exactly the same as it was on day one,” said the Liberal leader, who practised with veteran consultant Elly Alboim, her debate coach from the 2014 election.“I said I was going to build this province up. We’ve been doing that, and we can continue to do that. We know how to do it; we’ve got the plan that will allow us to do it. It’s practical and it’s realistic.”Read more: Defiant Ford says no change in strategy despite slip in pollsIn provincial election, battle lines drawn over minimum wage and good jobsHere are the four candidates wanting to be Ontario’s next premier, and what they’re promisingFord, who had led in every public opinion survey until last week, insisted he does not view Horwath as a bigger threat than Wynne on Sunday night.“Not at all. I’ll be very frank, I think we’re all three pretty good debaters,” said t ...
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