Candidates will debate live on Castanet

Photo: Trevor Rockliffe

Castanet's LIVE all candidates broadcast on Thursday May 2 from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. There is room for an audience.

Castanet has invited the candidates in all three Kelowna area ridings (Kelowna-Lake Country, Kelowna-Mission and Westside-Kelowna) to participate in an all-candidates forum leading up to the May 14 provincial election.

The series of debates will take place Thursday, May 2 from 1 until 4:20 p.m. at the Streaming Cafe, 596 Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna.

In order to facilitate candidates in all three ridings, debates will be broken into three-one hour sessions.

• Kelowna-Lake Country, 1 to 2 p.m.
• Kelowna-Mission, 2:10 to 3:10 p.m.
• Westside-Kelowna, 3:20 to 4:20 p.m.

Each forum will be streamed live on Castanet and they will be available for viewing for the balance of the campaign.

The forums will feature three parts.

• Two minute opening statement by each candidate
• Questions from moderator, readers' submissions and live via twitter. Answers limited to one minute.
• One minute closing statement by each candidate.

If you have questions you would like answered by the candidates, please email them to [email protected].

Each debate is open to the public to view.

Limited seating is available.