Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

Here’s to looking forward to political debates when Indigenous voices ask the leaders about their commitments to reconciliation, and asks about the economy on behalf of all Canadians because we’re done being tokenized.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Every political party should have at least three priorities on reconciliation that reflect their Indigenous citizens’ voices, writes Rose LeMay.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

April 7, 2025

OTTAWA—The 2025 election leaders' debates are set for April 16-17, and speech writers are furiously writing and rewriting blurbs in anticipation.

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