Party leaders attack Doug Ford on affordability, health in Ontario election debate [Video]

Ontario’s main political party leaders debated the weighty provincial issues of health care, affordability and housing Monday in a provincial election debate injected with a few moments of levity.

Voters head to the polls in the snap election on Feb. 27, and with just over a week left in the campaign, Ontarians got a glimpse in the televised debate of the leaders’ promises and plans for the province, as well as accusations of inaction on those key issues.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is leading in the polls and the three other party leaders largely kept their attacks focused on him. One of the most pointed moments of the debate came when Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner put Ford on the spot, directly addressing him about the rates for Ontario Disability Support Program payments.

“I’m wondering if Mr. Ford thinks it’s OK in a province as wealthy as Ontario that …