Debates producer announces themes, format

Leaders will also get a chance to engage in a more freewheeling exchange with one another during the events, with a portion carved out for open debate among them.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet will get a chance to spar with one another twice next week, first on Oct. 7 and then on Oct. 10. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

September 30, 2019

All six federal party leaders will take their audition for prime minister next week on the debate stage, where they’ll get a chance to pitch their policies on five different topics chosen by the media partnership producing the debates.

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