Canada election: Highlights from the 2nd French language leaders' debate

The major federal party leaders faced off for the official French debate on Wednesday, with less than two weeks to go before election night.

Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh, Erin O’Toole, Yves-Francois Blanchet and Annamie Paul duked it out on topics including climate, Indigenous Peoples and cultural identity, cost of living and public finances, justice and foreign policy, and health care and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mike Le Couteur breaks down all the highlights you may have missed, and looks ahead to the English language debate Thursday night.

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[maciejnowak]

Did global ask Justin about his socks or shampoo?

[vovin]

lol so they have the Quebec party but not the People's Party of Canada

[clivelewis]

Why are there no debates in Alberta (Sask. Man.), BC, or the Maritimes focusing on their specific issues? Is that because Trudeau's federal government planned the debates and he doesn't care about anywhere besides Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto? Why do debate topics not include Afghanistan and China?

[WBCY]

BQ rather works with Libs than the Cons. This debate has clearly shown that.

[TonyMountjoy]

Stop the right/left duopoly. Get off the grid. PPC for the win!

[amberhannah]

1. Vaccinations - Taking away work/privilege's from unvaccinated Canadians is inhuman,
2. Daycare - we should be working towards a future where partners can share the responsibility/gift of staying home to raise a child; instead of having strangers raise our child/ren,
3. Production - Exporting production to countries that use non-environmental friendly production systems does not save our planet

[denisethomson]

Please stop bringing gender and color into this it's about most qualified .

[Shadowban]

The fact that the policies created to run a country spanning 7000kms is controlled by Toronto and the surrounding area and Quebec is the major problem. Torontos problems are not The same across the country. The system is terribly broken.

[mariohilaire]

Trudeau's Resume showed he had a couple of years of working experience as a drama teacher and a ski instructor, that was all. He is NOT qualified as a Canada PM. Vote him OUT.

[redneck]

Debate was a total failure, leader agreement*

[mariohilaire]

Israel was down to a handful of daily COVID cases. Now it's around 11, 000. What happened?
Israeli health officials reported what appeared to be a waning efficacy of the vaccine, including among those who had been double vaccinated. Data showed that of the serious cases being admitted to hospital, around 60 per cent of patients were people who had been fully vaccinated, though most were over 60 or with underlying health conditions.

[johngilmour]

PLease Canadian TAX PAYING CITIZENS, please ELECT ANYONE BUT ""TRUDEAU""!

[thatitalianguy]

Comparing this debate with other debates Trudo has been and you can tell he’s on the ropes

[sinatrasmoke]

Another French debate? What a waste of time and money.

[AvogadroE]

The highlights for me were the barring of political opposition from speaking, and the attempted barring of opposition media from attending the debate.

[Polly_Ticks]

More similarities than differences on display in this debate .. everyone agreeing on many of the questions or simply trying to promise more to Quebec than the rest

[canman]

This debate is a total waste of time without Max.

[PaladinSaris]

Oh, no... O'Toole didn't have a perfect answer for Quebec daycare centers while the other candidates discuss "consequences" for those who disobey them.

[pbdwfff]

Why no ppc??? Do they not want people to see that there is an option from someone that believes in freedom they can vote for

[Giardintek]

No wonder Quebec has the biggest hand in the federal pocket, As Dr. Phil would say; Past behavior is a pretty good indicator of future behavior, and we all know what J.T did or didn't.
Just think of him every time you gas up your vehicle for $1.45/Liter, also think of him on the 20-th of this month.