Trudeau still dogged by questions about timing of the election during first leaders’ debate

Analysts say there was no clear winner in the Sept. 2 French-language debate, but campaign narratives are beginning to take shape.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, left, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

September 3, 2021

In an election campaign where a defining ballot box issue has yet to emerge, the leaders of the four top parties in Quebec took to the debate stage on Thursday evening in an event that many have said marks the beginning of the campaign’s homeward stretch. Ob...

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