Canada Federal Leaders Debate Schedule
Thursday june 18 at 7 p m.
Canada federal leaders debate schedule. Full the debates were broadcast live on global tv and streamed on globalnews ca facebook youtube and twitter. Part of the commission s mandate is to advance the public interest by ensuring that the national debates are as. 10 6 federal leaders face off in the final debate before canadians go to the polls. 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.
In 2018 a leaders debate commission was created to organize leaders debates for the 2019 election. Until the 2015 federal election leaders debates were organized by a group of canada s five major television networks. The leaders of each party go head to head in a series of national debates staged in both official languages. The leaders debates commission will make the debates a more predictable reliable and stable element of federal election campaigns.
The make or break event of the campaign. There is no in person audience but video questions submitted by the public are put to the candidates. Full federal leaders debate 2019. Where to watch canada s 2019 federal election debates and how to get involved.
7 six federal party leaders faced off in an english language debate. Bernier was left off. The cdpp had begun to prepare logistics for the debate when the leader s debates commission confirmed earlier this month that bernier would be invited to attend. On october 30 2018 the government of canada announced that it will establish an independent commission to organize leaders debates.
They were until recently produced by a consortium of the main canadian television networks namely the cbc src ctv global and tva. Wednesday june 17 at 7 p m. 10 the same leaders participated in a french language debate.