{"id":165165,"date":"2018-05-27T07:18:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=165165"},"modified":"2018-05-27T07:18:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T11:18:57","slug":"crucial-last-tv-debate-looms-for-ontario-leaders-as-june-7-voting-day-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/27\/crucial-last-tv-debate-looms-for-ontario-leaders-as-june-7-voting-day-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Crucial last TV debate looms for Ontario leaders as June 7 voting day nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_140527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140527\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_524934373.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140527\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_524934373.jpg\" alt=\"It will offer voters one last chance to size up the three main party leaders side-by-side as they vie to lead the province. (Shutterstock photo)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_524934373.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_524934373-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_524934373-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It will offer voters one last chance to size up the three main party leaders side-by-side as they vie to lead the province. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO &#8212; The third and final televised debate of Ontario&#8217;s election campaign will be broadcast this evening.<\/p>\n<p>It will offer voters one last chance to size up the three main party leaders side-by-side as they vie to lead the province.<\/p>\n<p>Polls suggest a degree of volatility in the race, meaning a strong debate performance could prove decisive.<\/p>\n<p>Observers suggest NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will be the focus of much attention from both rookie Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Liberal incumbent, Kathleen Wynne.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because Horwath&#8217;s party has been surging in the polls as the June 7 voting day approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Horwath says she&#8217;s not worried, and she wants to impress on viewers that they have reason for optimism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO &#8212; The third and final televised debate of Ontario&#8217;s election campaign will be broadcast this evening. It will offer &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":140527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[4438,1786,3793,1112],"class_list":["post-165165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-andrea-horwath","tag-election","tag-kathleen-wynne","tag-ontario","mauthors-colin-perkel","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}