This All Candidate’s Debate is presented by The Prince Edward County Chamber of Commerce, Belleville Chamber of Commerce and Quinte West Chamber of Commerce. The Eddie Hotel and Farm has kindly provided the venue and audio-visual services for this event.
This is an outdoor event, please come prepared for all weather. There will be limited socially distanced seating, and standing room for everyone.
The gate and seating will open at 6:30pm , the debate will commence at 7:00pm
Each candidate will be given 2 minutes for an opening statement. The order of this exercise will be determined by a random draw conducted when all the candidates have arrived. Candidates will be seated in the order that has been drawn.
The question period will be moderated, and a time-keeper will ensure all questions and answers are completed within the allocated time given. There will be an open public forum question period conducted by the moderator. The public will have up to 1 minute to ask their question. Due to the number of candidates and in order to ensure that every candidate has an equal opportunity to speak, each candidate shall answer a question presented by the public, maintaining the order used for the opening remarks.
