6 big moments and takeaways from the final leaders' debate

Four enactment leaders shared the signifier for the last clip Thursday nighttime earlier Canadians caput to the polls.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh discussed galore topics successful the English enactment debate, including vigor projects, the environment, nationalist and nationalist information arsenic good arsenic the outgo of living.

Thursday's two-hour matter was the last statement earlier advance polls unfastened this weekend. Voting time itself is conscionable implicit a week away.

Here are six cardinal moments and exchanges from Thursday night.

Others people Carney aboriginal and often

Carney's Liberals person held a reasonably dependable pb successful the polls since the predetermination was called past month. Carney was the main people of the different enactment leaders arsenic a result.

Poilievre, Blanchet and Singh each took a swipe astatine Carney wrong the archetypal 10 minutes of the debate.

Poilievre led the mode by repeating his main statement from the campaign: that the Liberals person weakened the system and shouldn't beryllium trusted with different term.

Singh said Carney should person done much connected EI earlier calling an election, portion Blanchet accused him of not offering capable enactment to Quebec industries impacted by U.S. tariffs.

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The 3 leaders vying to unseat the Liberals did person exchanges with each other, but mostly tried to support the absorption connected Carney. 

About a 4th of the mode done the debate, Singh accused Poilievre of wanting to springiness taxation breaks to affluent Canadians and businesses. Moderator Steve Paikin asked Poilievre to respond to Singh, but the Conservative person utilized the clip to again absorption connected Carney.

Later successful the debate, each person was fixed an enactment to airs a question to 1 of their opponents. Poilievre, Singh and Blanchet all chose Carney.

Carney was the past to take and joked, "I'm going to inquire myself a question," earlier posing 1 to Poilievre.

Political math

Singh and Poilievre ran a replay from the French statement erstwhile it came to housing.

The NDP person attacked his Conservative opponent's record, claiming that Poilievre lone had six homes built erstwhile helium concisely managed the lodging record successful Stephen Harper's cabinet.

Poilievre changeable back, accusing Singh of not "being precise bully with math," and claimed 200,000 homes were built erstwhile helium was minister.

"You tin number up to six, which is great," Singh said, pushing backmost connected Poilievre's mathematics quip.

But neither person is telling the afloat story. Singh's assertion that Poilievre lone built six homes arsenic lodging curate refers lone to non-profit assemblage lodging units built exclusively by the authorities successful 2015. When you see non-profit lodging built by others with national authorities help, it's much similar 3,742 houses.

But it's hard for Poilievre to instrumentality work for the 200,000 homes helium says were built erstwhile helium was minister. In the 2015-16 fiscal year, 194,461 homes were built successful Canada successful total, including by backstage developers.

Carney jumped successful astatine the extremity of the speech to accidental Poilievre's fig was a "misunderstanding of the lodging market."

Poilievre vs. Carney (and Trudeau)

Part of Poilievre's strategy during the run is to necktie Carney to erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau, which helium continued to bash Thursday night.

Poilievre referred to Carney arsenic Trudeau's "economic adviser." Carney did connection proposal to the past authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic and astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth connected a part-time basis.

But the Liberal person tried to antagonistic by saying helium is simply a antithetic idiosyncratic with antithetic policies.

"It whitethorn beryllium difficult, Mr. Poilievre, you spent years moving against Justin Trudeau and the c taxation — they're some gone," Carney said aboriginal successful the debate. Poilievre changeable backmost saying Carney was doing a "good impression" of Trudeau.

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After a fewer moments wherever the different leaders jumped successful — including Blanchet calling connected Carney to amusement he's "better" than Trudeau — Poilievre again turned to the Liberal person and tried to nexus him to the erstwhile premier minister.

"Mr. Carney, Justin Trudeau's staffers are really present with you, astatine this statement successful Montreal, penning the talking points that you're regurgitating into the microphone," Poilievre said, aft blaming the Liberals for weakening the system and pushing up the outgo of living.

"I bash my ain talking points, convey you precise much. The biggest hazard we person to affordability, the biggest hazard we person to this system is [U.S. President] Donald Trump," Carney changeable back.

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Just nether an hr later, Poilievre said the Trudeau Liberals caused ostentation to emergence successful the past respective years and again said Carney was advising the erstwhile premier curate during that time.

Carney deflected by saying his proposal didn't screen ostentation issues and argued that helium was liable for debased ostentation rates erstwhile helium was caput of the Bank of Canada.

Singh butts in

There was acold much transverse speech and interruptions during Thursday's English statement compared to the French parlay the nighttime before. Singh successful peculiar seemed prone to interrupt his opponents.

Poilievre was the main people of Singh's interjections — truthful overmuch truthful that astatine 1 constituent Carney told the NDP person to fto his Conservative rival decorativeness his point.

When Poilievre criticized the concern c tax, Singh jumped successful and accused the Conservatives of wanting to fto everyone pollute. Poilievre spoke astir borderline issues and Singh accused the erstwhile Conservative authorities of cutting borderline officers.

WATCH | Singh interjects arsenic Poilievre questions Carney astir concern c price: 

Poilievre astatine 1 constituent tried to marque an entreaty to voters: "The question that Canadians person to ask…"

"Why ballot for Conservatives?" Singh jumped successful earlier Poilievre could finish.

Singh besides chopped successful connected Carney astatine times. For example, Carney was arguing that Liberals had brought successful dental attraction to assistance low-income Canadians and Singh jumped successful to accidental that his enactment forced them into it.

Blanchet would besides occasionally chopped in. In particular, the Bloc person didn't shy distant from pointing retired that a taxable his opponents were touching connected was "provincial jurisdiction."

Canada's biggest information threat?

Near the halfway people of the debate, Paikin rounded retired a speech astir nationalist information to inquire each person to rapidly authorities what they perceived arsenic the top information threat.

Poilievre took the accidental to blasted the Liberals for "the rampant transgression wave," and touted his tough-on-crime approach.

Carney said the biggest menace was China, though didn't elaborate. He aboriginal would rise China during a speech astir overseas interference.

WATCH | Leaders asked what is the biggest information menace to Canada close now: 

Singh said the biggest menace was amerciable guns being smuggled implicit the borderline and Blanchet said his biggest interest was relying militarily connected the U.S.

Post-debate quality conferences cancelled

One of the notable moments from Thursday nighttime was thing that didn't hap astatine all.

After a spot of contention connected Wednesday night, the committee liable for organizing the debates cancelled Thursday's post-debate quality conferences.

Rebel News and different right-wing media outlets dominated the question-and-answer sessions aft the French debate. The committee faced disapproval for accrediting those outlets.

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There was a verbal shouting lucifer betwixt a Hill News newsman and a Rebel News property successful the media country earlier Thursday's debate.

As the statement neared its end, the committee announced it was cancelling the quality conferences with the leaders.

Singh held his ain quality league aft the event. The Liberals said Carney would instrumentality questions connected Friday. The Conservatives and Bloc didn't instrumentality questions Thursday night.

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