Analysis Of Canadian Leaders Debate

Ottawa the six federal party leaders used the last televised debate of the campaign thursday to make their pitches to voters.

Analysis of canadian leaders debate. A french language leaders debate will be held thursday. Canadian leaders met in the 2019 federal leaders debate. The leaders debate perhaps the most watched event of the 2019 federal campaign was a six way melee that repeatedly wandered off topic as the participants sought to land that elusive knockout shot. With files from the canadian press.

Read our politico reporters analysis as they watched it live. The one and only official english language debate of the 2019 canadian election aired monday night with the six federal party leaders taking the stage to hash it out over climate change. The first debate of the 43nd federal election campaign saw conservative leader andrew scheer ndp leader jagmeet singh and green party leader elizabeth may go head to head to head. As the leaders arrive for the debate a group of people s party of canada supporters have gathered outside to protest the lack of invitation for party leader maxime bernier.

Canadian leaders debates are leaders debates televised during federal elections in canada made up of two debates one in french and one in english usually held on back to back nights the first time these debates were held was during the 1968 election. Party leaders square off on policy. They were until recently produced by a consortium of the main canadian television networks namely the cbc src ctv global and tva. In a segment of the leaders debate on immigration bernier argued that his is the only party willing to have a serious discussion on the impacts of immigration on canada and the need for more.

In the macleans citytv debate the three leaders exchanged party promises accusations and rebuttals on questions about the economy indigenous issues energy and the environment foreign policy and more. The debates are produced by a partnership of nine media outlets including huffpost canada.