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Journalists from all six of the media organizations that formed a consortium to hold Monday night’s historic English debate fact-checked several of the statements made by the party leaders. Here’s what they found:

Fact-checkers

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Giordano Cescutti (GC) is a video journalist with CityNews Montreal.

Sarah Deshaies (SD) is producer of the Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800.

Kalina Laframboise (KL) is an online producer with Global Montreal.

Max Harrold (MH) is an assignment editor and reporter for CTV Montreal.

Kamila Hinkson (KH) is a web journalist at CBC Montreal.

Andy Riga (AR) is a reporter at the Montreal Gazette.

Claim: François Legault said only 59 per cent of Quebecers are able to see a family doctor on the same day or the next day.

Fact-check (AR): The most recent statistics available are from 2011, when the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ) found that59 per cent of Quebecers reported “being able to see a doctor the same day or the next day at the usual place of care.” The ISQ report also found that only about one quarter — 27 per cent — reported being able do so in the evening or on the weekend. More recent statistics — from 2013-2014 — indicate that 75 per cent of Quebecers age 12 and older have access to a family doctor. But the more recent figures do not specify how long it takes to see their doctor.