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LIVE: BC Liberals kick off leadership debate in Nanaimo

Candidates91Ƶ forum is at noon at Vancouver Island Conference Centre
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The BC Liberals leadership debate in Nanaimo is underway. (Greg Sakaki/Nanaimo News Bulletin)

The B.C. Liberal Party is in the midst of determining its next leader, and some of that decision-making will take place today in Nanaimo.

The party holds a leadership debate Sunday, Nov. 19, at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

Candidates for leader include Liberal MLAs Mike de Jong, Todd Stone, Andrew Wilkinson, Sam Sullivan and Michael Lee, as well as former Conservative MPs Dianne Watts and Gurmant Grewal.

De Jong said the party membership should consider in choosing a leader. He noted that the next leader will be chosen the first week of February, not long before the B.C. government91Ƶs next budget and throne speech.

91ƵThe question for members of the B.C. Liberal Party, past, present, and future, is who is best equipped to take on the NDP and Mr. Horgan,91Ƶ de Jong said. 91ƵNot six months or 12 months from now 91Ƶ the day after they91Ƶre elected leader. That91Ƶs going to be a very important dimension.91Ƶ

Sunday91Ƶs debate in Nanaimo starts at noon. According to the party91Ƶs website, registration to attend the event has .

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