Five for the big television debate of party leaders in Canada

The leaders of the four major Federal parties of Canada have been divided into their second and last debate before this month’s general elections, but someone on stage stole most of the attention: US President Donald Trump.

A big question that goes to the debate was whether Liberal leader Mark Carney, who led the polls, would be hindered.

Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England, managed to survive Wednesday’s French debate, despite being less capable in the country’s second language.

On Thursday, he found himself in the country repeatedly by his three opponents: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, leader of the new Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Yves-Francois Bllast leader.

How to respond to Canada’s constant trade war with the US was a topic, but the debate also presented inspired discussions on other issues facing Canada, such as affordability, crime and the environment.

Here are five big pickings from Thursday’s face:

Carney’s opponents were quick to tear off the mistakes of his non -national ancestor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Conservative Pailievre leader made references to the “lost liberal decade”, referring to the last 10 years in which the Liberal Party has been in power. He cited issues like the affordability of housing and the high cost of living to drive his point home.

“How can we believe you are different?” Pailievre asked Carney.

Blanchet also threw the race in Carney. “You pretend you are different – you should try that you are better.”

Carney was forced to defend himself many times, pointing out that he was only in the prime minister’s chair for a month despite sharing the same party flag as Trudeau.

“I’m a very different person than Justin Trudeau,” Carney said.

Leaders were asked how they would negotiate with Trump and respond to his tariffs in Canada.

Trump has implemented 25% blanket tariffs for goods from Canada, with an exception of USMCA covered products – a North American free trade agreement. Canada has also been hit with US global tariffs in steel and aluminum and cars.

The president has also spoken publicly about Canada becoming the 51st US state.

The government of Canada has previously said that its position is to implement “dollar-to-dollar” tariffs in order to cause maximum pain in the US economy.

But during the debate, the leaders seemed to claim that it is not an equal war after all.

“We have moved from the dollar-to-Dollar tariffs,” Carney said, admitting that the US economy is more than 10 times the size of Canada.

The Liberal leader said the concentration will be moved to the target fees designed to maximize pain in the US and to damage Canada as little as possible.

Trump seems to have softened his language in Canada in recent weeks. After a call with the US president at the end of March, Carney said Trump “respected Canada’s sovereignty” and that their conversation was “constructive”.

Canada and SH.BA are expected to start talks on trade and security after the April 28 elections.

For the Canadians awarded in the issues facing the country beyond Trump and its fees, the debate offered essential discussions of policies on the topics from the crime to immigration.

It was clear that the Canadians have different elections before them.

Pailievre often defended his vision for a small government that would hold low taxes to increase economic growth and affordability for Canadians, and that would be difficult for crime.

Singh, meanwhile, pushed for stronger social programs in Canada, including the expansion of national dental and pharmacked programs of the country and strengthening healthcare spending.

Carney stuck near his party’s central perspective.

“The government can play a role, but its role must be catalytic,” he said during a debate segment on strong leadership in a crisis.

Blanchet, the Block leader, used his broadcast time to defend Quebec’s special place in Canada and to protect his unique identity.

“I don’t want to be the leader of Canada,” he noted. The party supports the eventual separation of Quebec from Canada and does not carry places outside the province. But if he wins a number of seats, he can become a powerful voting block in parliament.

Canada’s political system, similar to that of the United Kingdom, contains numerous political parties: the centrist’s liberals, the right -wing conservatives, the new leftist Democrats and the Block, which only runs candidates in Quebec. There is also the Green Party, which was disqualified in the last minute by the debate not to run many candidates.

This means that the Canadians have distinct choices as they go to the voting cabin.

But the surveys show these elections most of the Canadians are choosing to support either conservatives or liberals.

This has left the third country parties to fight for survival. National surveys have a poll of Singh’s new Democrats at 8.5% – which can be translated into approximately five countries out of 343, a major loss from their current countries.

Singh was prominent to make his voice heard and stopped both poilievre and Carney several times in an attempt to separate his party as the choice for left -wing voters.

“You can’t trust all the power Mr. Carney,” Singh noted.

Meanwhile, the Bloc leader Blanchet introduced important issues for the French-speaking province in every possibility.

His party also lies to lose at least a dozen seats in Quebec, according to the current vote, with many choosing to vote for the liberals instead as they believe the party is better equipped to deal with Trump and its threats.

There were interruptions, inspired discussions and even the case lines of the attack. But in general, the tone of the four federal leaders was quite cordial.

This attempt to keep the conversation measured was evident at a time as leaders were discussing the housing crisis. In a opposition to Pailievre, Carney appeared to stop himself before he went into his opponent.

“A misunderstanding …,” Carney said as he stopped the middle sentence, adding: “I will be kind.”

Even after some glowing exchanges, Carney and Pailievre were filmed shaking hands and exchanging some laughter afterwards.

In general, it was an extremely different tone for those who have looked at the latest cycles of the Presidential Debate in the SH.BA

It was friendly that some of the federal Canadian debates past, which presented various liberal and conservative candidates.