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Federal party leaders, minus May, face off in TVA election debate Oct. 2

TVA and LCN are hosting a French-language federal leaders' debate starting at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2. This will be the first debate of the election to include Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left. He'll be debating Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, unpictured, was not invited to take part. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Münster
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October 2, 2019
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 House Not Sitting—The House adjourned on June 20 and Parliament, which was dissolved last week once the writ was dropped, is not expected to return until after the federal election is held on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Senate Not Sitting

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