Ontario’s Liberal Party leadership hopefuls will be holding their first debate tonight.

The five contenders – Bonnie Crombie, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Ted Hsu, Yasir Naqvi and Adil Shamji – will be facing off in Thunder Bay, in the first of five planned debates.

Liberals will vote for a new leader over two days in late November with the results expected to be released on December 2nd.

Further debates will happen in Stratford, Toronto, Ottawa and Brampton.