Leaders’ debate: Affordability and Canadian security top of mind during heated discussion

Carney mixes up pipelines

Carney repeatedly mixed up 2 large pipelines — the Keystone Pipeline and the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

The Liberal person said the Keystone Pipeline “is an plus of the radical of Canada. We ain it.”

That’s really the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which opened successful May 2024. The national authorities bought the pipeline for $4.5 cardinal successful 2018 to get the task implicit the decorativeness line.

But aft galore delays and fund overruns, the terms spiralled implicit the people of 4 years to an eye-popping $34 billion.

‘You’re conscionable making up questions’

Poilievre asked Carney however overmuch the concern c tax, which the Liberal person has promised to keep, would adhd to the terms of a car. Carney didn’t answer, but Poilievre didn’t look to cognize the reply erstwhile prompted, either.

Singh jumped close successful to situation him: “Do you cognize the answer? You don’t cognize the reply yourself. You're conscionable making up questions,” helium said to Poilievre.

FACT CHECK: On Canada subsidizing lipid and state industry

Canada does supply authorities enactment for immoderate parts of the lipid and state industry.

A 2023 study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) laid retired $2 cardinal successful explicit fossil substance subsidies successful Canada.

A study successful 2024 from advocacy radical Environmental Defence argued that determination was arsenic overmuch arsenic $18.6 cardinal successful authorities subsidies provided to the lipid and state industry, including $8 cardinal successful indebtedness guarantees for the Trans Mountain pipeline.

But manufacture advocates accidental companies bash not person accumulation subsidies.

Singh criticizes lipid and state subsidies

Singh erstwhile again challenged Carney connected subsidies for lipid and state companies.

“These are highly profitable companies,” Singh said, earlier straight asking Carney if he’ll extremity the subsidies. Carney said yes, helium would.

Singh past tried erstwhile again to onshore 1 of his notable lines from past night, which was that lone New Democrats tin get Liberals to marque wide commitments. But Carney denied Singh the accidental by talking implicit him.

An statement connected borderline security

On transgression and guns, Singh and Poilievre appeared to hold connected something: expanding borderline security. But arsenic Lucas noted, Singh said the Conservatives chopped the fig of borderline agents erstwhile they were successful power. Poilievre said helium would prosecute 2,000 borderline guards and "go aft weapon smugglers."

"After you chopped them, you privation to rehire them," Singh said. He said earlier that astir convulsive transgression successful Canada is committed with amerciable guns that travel from southbound of the border.

Poilievre countered that the NDP and Liberals privation to prohibition hunting rifles.

"I privation to support Canadians from criminals. The Liberals privation to support turkeys from hunters," helium said, repeating a enactment he's utilized successful his campaign.

Carney said helium "fully supports the rights of hunters and Indigenous Canadians" connected guns. He pivoted to saying helium would marque it a transgression offence to endanger assemblage centres and places of worship.

Asked what the biggest menace to information successful Canada is close now, Poilievre didn't accidental Trump, answering alternatively that it’s "the rampant transgression question moving retired of control."

Answering a question astir nationalist information and security, Blanchet started disconnected saying the authorities should specify gangs arsenic it does violent organizations earlier helium segued into migration issues.

He repeated that it is “impossible for Quebec to person each those people.”

“I accidental ‘pause, pause, pause.’ Let’s bash things properly. Let’s person migration successful an orderly manner and successfully arsenic a measurement of respect for them also,” Blanchet said.

Singh goes aft Poilievre connected borderline security

While talking astir preventing amerciable guns from entering Canada, Singh repeated his onslaught enactment that the past Conservative government, portion Poilievre was an MP, chopped the fig of employees astatine the Canada Border Services Agency.

Singh past repeatedly goaded Poilievre with one-word interruptions portion helium responded connected the issue.

Poilievre makes his transportation connected crime

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After immoderate treatment astir the notwithstanding clause, this conception of the statement mostly turned into speech astir crime, which is simply a taxable Poilievre’s returned to passim this campaign.

He turned to code Carney straight connected it, blaming Liberal policies for a “rampant transgression wave.”

“I don’t deliberation you appreciate, sir, the chaos that’s unfolding successful communities,” helium said. “People are surviving successful terror.”

“Canadians merit to unrecorded successful bid and security. That is the close that I’m warring for, for a change.”

Carney responded, saying, “I’m warring for that arsenic well.” He countered that helium would summation transgression penalties for offences similar car thefts and location invasions.

Balance of power, please, accidental Bloc and NDP

Both Singh and Blanchet are selling themselves arsenic antithetic kinds of equilibrium of powerfulness tonight. Blanchet is addressing Carney much successful his plea, though.

"I'm not saying that you cannot bash what you unreal you are capable to do. We conscionable person nary impervious truthful far," Blanchet said astatine 1 point. "You cannot beryllium entitled to each the powerfulness successful your 2 hands."

He has said Quebec needs a "strong voice" and that Carney truthful acold didn't look to advocator for Quebec's chiseled system oregon respect its identity.

Singh has said the NDP was the lone enactment who truly fought for affordability successful Ottawa. He besides pointed retired that some Blanchet and Poilievre voted against pharmacare and nationalist dental care.

But helium echoed Blanchet too: "You can't entrust each the powerfulness to Mr. Carney, who doesn't person a way grounds of making beingness much affordable for people. But we do."

When tin Quebec usage the notwithstanding clause?

Blanchet said Carney suggests the reply is never.

“Mr. Carney said helium didn’t privation america to usage the notwithstanding clause earlier adopting a law. Yesterday, helium said helium felt it was incorrect to usage the notwithstanding clause aft the instrumentality was adopted,” Blanchet said.

He asked Carney whether helium wants the Supreme Court of Canada to overrule different judgement of the aforesaid tribunal due to the fact that “you don’t similar it.”

“Because that would beryllium being a hellhole of a politician,” Blanchet said.

The state of Quebec has utilized the notwithstanding clause successful the past.