Not even Rihanna’s CFDA gown could distract Twitter from the Ontario election debate last night, which buzzed with concern, surprise and of course humour at the provincial party leaders’ performance.
Anyone talking about the Ontario election tonight? Definitely. #ondebate pic.twitter.com/4zlaGE1jK5
– Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) June 3, 2014
How many times is too many to apologize for the gas plant scandal in an hour and a half? Did Andrea Horwath convince us that maybe this election was an alright idea? And did Tim Hudak come off as, you know, kind of a normal guy?
Below, see the highlights.
Best quotes:
“Your jobs plan isn’t Buckley’s it tastes awful, but it doesn’t work.” says @AndreaHorwath to Hudak. #true #Ondebate
– Jennifer Hassum (@jenhassum) June 3, 2014
“We all believe in public service. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t. I’m bringing you my integrity.” -s #ondebate
– Kathleen Wynne (@Kathleen_Wynne) June 3, 2014
#ONdebate: #Hudak told #Wynne, “You can’t balance a credit card by spending more …same as a #Lib gov. can’t spend its way out of debt.”
– alertedge (@alertedge) June 4, 2014
Best reaction:
Andrea Horwath pronounces the second t in Toronto instead of using the glottal stop. Is she an impostor?
– Caitlin Victoria (@eradiCaitlin) June 4, 2014
#ondebate Wynne said “invest” way too many times for my liking. With what money, Ms. Wynne?
– kyra nielsen (@drunkdoctor_) June 4, 2014
I think we can all agree the winner of tonight’s debate is Tim Hudak’s sparkley lip gloss. #onpoli #ONdebate
– Bee Crawley (@beecrawl) June 4, 2014
#ONdebate With #Wynne ‘s arms flailing, a few planes landed but nothing really took off. I guess that’s safe. #Onpoli
– Jeff Monague (@brando44) June 4, 2014
Someone please put an accordion between Hudak’s hands. #ONdebate #onpoli #cdnpoli
– Nick Mayburry (@NickMayburry) June 4, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of ppl unable to make rent – not 1 mention of affordable #Housing in #Ontariodebate #onvotes #onvote #ondebate #onpoli
– Liisa Schofield (@LiisaSko) June 4, 2014
So @timhudak will resign if his 8 year plan doesn’t work? Awful bold of you, Timmy boy. #ONdebate
– Dan (@MudHouse7) June 4, 2014
So that debate essentially consisted of Horwath and Hudak bullying Wynne // Wynne and Horwath bullying Hudak .. So how about the issues???
– Sara Little (@saralittle_xx) June 4, 2014
Didn’t catch the #ONdebate, I’m assuming it ended on a more upbeat note than Game of Thrones did.
– Graham Milne (@TheGrahamMilne) June 4, 2014
For more about the issues, check out our hyperlocal election maps, which we’ll update throughout this last week before the election.
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