Last Tuesday on the 27th of September, representatives from the Liberals, NDP, and the P.C. party all gathered for an election debate. Representing the P.C. party was Tim Hudak, representing the Liberals was Dalton McGinty and representing the NDP was Andrea Horwath. They were addressed with ten questions that were sent in by the Public, and were asked to discuss the topic. They received 2000 videos that were sent in. Mr. " " was the moderator for this debate.
When the politicians received the question about public healthcare, their was lots of mixed emotions in the room. McGuinty and Horwarth were the two who started off the 1 on 1, and then Hudak was added a couple minutes later. It was a difficult debate, all three politicians were very aggressive and expressed their true feelings about healthcare.
Bringing back the healthcare and changing priorities is what Andrea Horwath has in plan if she is elected into the premier position. She also promised to cap plans for CEOs in hospitals and improve home healthcare. She also believes we need to work on keeping public emergency rooms open and need to cut wait times.
McGuinty, in defense of his position, expressed that our province has the shortest waiting times in the country for major hip and knee surgeries and so on. He thinks the Prime Minister and the Premier of Ontario need to sit down and hammer out a new healthcare plan, he also noted that there is lots of room for exciting innovation in public healthcare.
Mr. Hudak made a bold statement, saying that he would invest 6.1 billion dollars into healthcare, as well as homecare. His was trying to gain support from patients in hospitals that he has great recognition for.
My Opinion
Overall, I thought it was a great question with lots of intuitive answers. However I think Mr. McGuinty won this debate because his answers were well presented and he was clear about the audience he was speaking to. The other two were just throwing out answers and really didn’t have anything to back up their thoughts, they both just kept saying "the people I'm talking to," which has no specific regard to any individuals. In an election debate nobody wants to hear the ear candy that these politicians ramble on about. They need to be able to produce facts to backup their platform and reinsure the public that they are a good selection for premier. Sure Mr. McGuinty was mumbling a bit, but that's because he was thinking deeply about his responses and always had something to support or defend his argument.
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