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‘Disservice to democracy’ — Windsor-Essex PC candidates dodge Ontario election debates, interviews

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Essex County's Tory candidates are under fire for refusing to face their Ontario election rivals in public debate during the current campaign.

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario headquarters will not acknowledge if it's an official policy or edict from PC Leader Doug Ford .

The practice of dodging debates and media questions appears to be a common theme for Tory candidates across Ontario .

The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce was forced to cancel its traditional all-candidates election debate this week due to lack of participation.

All-candidates debates for provincial election cancelled in Windsor .

“It used to be that when you were on the campaign trail, it meant that you got a lot of information out of people, and then you were able to write a report around that,” said Dvorkin , a former journalist and journalism instructor.

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