At 5pm today, a live face-off between winnipeg's top five mayoral candidates will take place at the Manitoba Hydro Building Atrium. The livestream can be viewed here courtesy of the Winnipeg Free Press. The five contenders are Brian Bowman, Paula Havixbeck, Robert-Falcon Ouellette, Gord Steeves and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.

Renowned Theologian and Scholar of the Christian Faith Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said that Chrisitians should read the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Keeping up with our society and determining how we ought to act politically as Christians is a challenge.

Here in our city, choosing a candidate to elect for mayor requires understanding the candidates who are running, but that can be difficult when you're hit every day with a volley of statements coming from each of the candidates individually.

This is a unique opportunity to catch all of the candidates fielding their positions and interacting with each other all in the same space. This forum, the third in the mayoral race, has been organized by the Downtown Biz, and will be hosted by Shannon Sampert, the Winnipeg Free Press's New Perspectives and Politics editor.