Liberal Leader Mark Carney attempted to fend off attacks from the other party leaders and defend his record at the English-language debate on April 17, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried to link the prime minister to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nine years in power.
Responding to the debate organizers’ topics, the four party leaders—Carney, Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet talked about how they would respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as well as issues of cost-of-living, housing, energy, and public safety.
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault had been set to participate in the English and French debates, but the debates commission made a last-minute decision to exclude him because the party did not meet the inclusion criteria….