Five key takeaways from the English-language leaders’ debate

With just two weeks out from election day, six federal party leaders who have a shot at claiming a seat come Oct. 21 took to the stage Monday evening to make their pitch to voters in the English-language debate.

Six federal party leaders—Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet, and Maxime Bernier—sparred over issues related to the environment, immigration, Indigenous rights, affordability, and provincial jurisdictionThe Hill Times file photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

October 8, 2019

GATINEAU, QUE.—The English-language leaders’ debate on Monday night saw Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh cast Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau as inauthentic, with both accusing him of failing to back up his rhetoric with action over the...

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