Five Parties' Big Party TV debates in Canada

The leaders of the four major federal parties in Canada gave up their second and final debate before the general election this month, but someone outside the scene stole a large part of the spotlight: US President Donald Trump.

A big question aimed at the two -hour forum was whether Liberal leader Mark Carney, who leads to the ballot box, would stumble.

Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, managed to survive the French debate on Wednesday, although he was less experienced in the country's second language.

On Thursday, he ended up on the spot repeatedly from his three opponents: conservative leader Pierre Polyver, the leader of the new Democratic Party Jaget Singh, and the leader of the block Quebecoas Yves-Francois Blanchett.

How to respond to the continuing trade war in Canada with the United States was a topic, but the debate also saw clashes about accessibility, crime and the environment.

Here are five major assumes from the prime time on Thursday:

Carney's opponents quickly refined the mistakes of his unpopular predecessor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The conservative leader Poilievre made references to the “lost liberal decade” by talking about the last 10 years when the Liberal Party was in power. He cites problems such as the accessibility of housing and the high cost of living to move in his home at home.

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

Blanchett also threw the glove to Carney. “You claim to be different – you have to prove that you are better.”

Carney was forced to defend himself repeatedly, noting that he was only in the Prime Minister's chairman, although he shared the same party banner as Trudeau.

“I'm a very different person from Justin Trudeau,” Carney said.

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

The President of the United States has executed a blanket of 25% tariffs for Canada goods, with the release of products covered by USMCA – a free trade transaction in North America. Canada is also affected by global US steel and aluminum and cars.

The president also publicly talks about Canada to become the 51st state of the United States.

Earlier, the Canada government said its position was to apply the dollar for the dollar in order to cause maximum pain to the US economy.

But during the debate, it seems that leaders admit that it is not a flat battle in the end.

“We moved from dollar dollar tariffs,” Carney said, admitting that the US economy is more than 10 times higher than Canada.

Liberal leader said the focus would target target tariffs designed to increase the pain of the US and harm Canada as much as possible.

Trump seems to have softened his tongue in Canada in recent weeks. After a telephone call with the US president, Karney said at the end of March that Trump “respects Canada's sovereignty” and that their conversation was “constructive”.

Canada and the United States are expected to start talking about trade and security after the April 28 election.

For the Canadians tuned to issues facing the country outside Trump and its tariffs, the debate has proposed significant political discussions on topics from housing to crime to immigration.

It was clear that Canadians had an extremely different choice for them.

Poilievre often supports its vision for a small government that will maintain low taxes to increase the economic growth and accessibility of Canadians, and this would be difficult for crime.

Meanwhile, the SINGX insisted on stronger social programs in Canada, including the expansion of national dental care and pharmaceutical care programs in the country and other healthcare costs.

Carney stood close to the central point of view of her party.

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

Canada's political system, similar to that of the United Kingdom, has several political parties: the centrist liberals, the right conservatives, the left -wing new Democrats and the block that only runs in Quebec. There is also the Green Party, which was disqualified at the last moment of the debate for not leading enough candidates.

But the surveys show that these elections more of the Canadians choose to support either conservatives or liberals.

This left the parties in third place to fight for survival. National polls have new Singh Democrats, which are in surveying 8.5% – which could turn into only five seats from 343, with a large loss from their current 24 seats.

Singh insisted on hearing his voice, repeatedly interrupting Polyver and Carney in an attempt to divide his party as a choice for left -wing voters.

“You can't entrust all the power to Carney,” Singh noted.

Meanwhile, Bloc Blanchet leader has inserted questions related to the French -speaking province at any opportunity.

His party is also lost at least a dozen seats in Quebec, according to current polls.

Although frequent crossed conversations, the tone as a whole was quite cordial.

The overall sense of decor was obvious when the leaders discussed the housing crisis. In the refutation of Pamiliev, Carney seems to have stopped before he was put on his opponent.

“Magnification …” Carney said until he stopped in the middle of the sentence and added, “I'll be polite.”

Even after some heated exchanges, Carney and Polyver were filmed, shaking hands and laughed afterwards.

Not only was it different than some recent presidential debate cycles in the United States, but it was even more friendly than some past federal debates on Canada.