The Functioning Prime Minister of Canada, can be served after the only two debates of the Federal Canadian campaign that were held this week. Although analysts of the country’s main media agree that there was no clear winner, the successor of Justin Trudeau, of the Liberal Party, was well freed from the wave of attacks by his opponents. Both appointments took place at the headquarters in CBC/Radio-Canada, the country’s public radio service. The leaders discussed Wednesday in French and a day later in English. The Canadians on April 28.
Carney, chosen by the liberal hosts on March 9 at the head of the party and at the Government Headquarters, summoned early elections just two weeks later. Four leaders participated in the debates. In addition to Mark Carney, were from the Conservative Party of Canada, of the Quebequés Block, and Jagmeet Singh, of the new Democratic Party. In a decision that caused numerous reactions, the Organizing Commission decided to withdraw the invitation surprisingly to Jonathan Pedneault, collide of the Green Party of Canada, under the argument that the group did not present candidates in at least 90% of the constituencies.
Started by Donald Trump after his return to the White House, the Canadian political board has hit. , and a horizon full of uncertainty on the part of the Republican have penetrated very deeply in the North American country. If the point that dominated the electoral compass for months was after almost a decade in power, suddenly the toral element became what political leader can show greater solidity in the face of the attacks of the Trump administration. The conservatives of Pierre Poilievre came to get 25 points ahead in the surveys to the liberals in the worst moments of Trudeau, but the polls of recent weeks mark slightly as a favorite to Mark Carney. The most recent, gives a six -point advance to his party.
As expected, the most popular exchanges in the debates had as protagonists the favorites in the contest. Pierre Poilievre asked Canadians to wonder if life in homes has improved after the years of liberals in power. “Is there more food at the tables? Is the most affordable home than before? Clearly,” Poilievre launched in the English debate, blaming the “inflationary policies” of the liberal group. “We need a change and you, Mr. Carney, do not represent this change,” added the leader of the conservatives, stating that Mark Carney’s proposals are a copy of Justin Trudeau’s agenda. The current prime minister had responded a day before – in the debate in French – to a similar attack of his rival: “Mr. Poilievre is not Justin Trudeau and I am either. In this choice, the most important matter is to know Mr. Trump.” Carney declared that Trump tries to bend Canada to be able to take over the country, repeating again and again that he represents the best option in this tensions scenario with the main commercial partner.
Another point that sparked between the liberal and the conservative had to do with energy policies and environmental care. Mark Carney said that Canada has everything to become a “clean energy superpower”, while Pierre Poilievre pointed out the need to build more pipelines, taking the opportunity to accuse Carney of Endorsar a voluminous invoice of his environmental plans to the citizenship. Pailievre also emphasized its public safety platform, which includes more severe jail sentences for drug traffickers and homicides, asserting that insecurity walks more through Canadian streets as a result of liberal negligence.
The other two participants also launched attacks on Carney. Jagmeet Singh, leader of the new Democratic Party, said that the current prime minister continues to embody the close links between liberals and billionaires, making a reminder to the voters that it was the neodemocrats who proposed to Trudeau the National Dental Care Plan and the Cover Program in Medicines; projects that materialized thanks to the government agreement signed by both parties. Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Quebequés block, pointed out for his part that Carney defends a uniform vision of the country that does not take into account the particularities of Quebec in matters such as the production of aluminum, language and secularism. However, Blanchet held out the hand to the winner in the elections: “Fast us, and we will be partners, and we will be stronger when negotiating with the United States,” he said.
10 days are missing for the appointment at the polls. The candidates of the 343 constituencies of the country who are looking for a seat in the camera redouble efforts in the last stage of the electoral campaign. When Canada is a parliamentary democracy, the party that is imposed on the largest number of constituencies forms government, although governing in a majority way requires having at least 172 legislators. The surveys and the electoral map indicate that Toronto and its surroundings become very important in these elections. It would not surprise, therefore, that Carney and Pailievre are seen marked frequently at this point of the Canadian geography in the next few days.
The curious note of the debates among partisan leaders had to do with one of the deepest elements of the Canadian identity. The event in French began two hours before. The reason is that both the Quebequés block and the new democratic party requested this change to the organizing commission to avoid coinciding with television waves with a highly anticipated ice hockey party: the clash between the Canadians of Montreal and Carolina’s hurricanes. In fact, there was already a precedent: in April 2011, another encounter of this sport caused the debate to advance one day.
