Breaking down the provincial leader’s debate ahead of the election

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s three party leaders kicked off their election campaign Monday morning, discussing key issues facing our province.

NDP leader Greg Selinger, Liberal leader Rana Bokhari, and Progressive Conservative leader Brian Pallister, took to the microphone to debate issues such as infrastructure spending, the future of Manitoba Hydro and a solution to the province’s long emergency room wait times.

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WATCH: Party leaders take to the microphone to debate issues that matter to Manitobans

6:13 Party leader discuss the economy and balancing the budget

• Party leader discuss the economy and balancing the budget
• Party leaders debate tax hikes and cuts
• Selinger, Bokhari and Pallister talk about how they would deal with poverty in Manitoba
• Party leaders discuss ethics and social media
• What the party leaders will do to keep young Manitobans in province
• Leaders discuss how to fix emergency room wait times
• Leaders discuss organ transplants in Manitoba and ‘presumed consent’
• What the parties would do for the province’s infrastructure

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Global News and CJOB 680 hosted the debate, which was the second time the three have done-head-to-head in this type of forum.

Manitobans head to the polls April 19.