Leaders’ debate: Affordability, tariffs and public safety all themes of the night

Border information an contented successful Quebec, Blanchet says

Blanchet says borderline information is simply a bigger contented than fentanyl successful Quebec.

He said migration successful Quebec needs to beryllium dealt with “in an orderly fashion.”

“The services for each national successful Quebec is being reduced due to the fact that we cannot spend the information that we are receiving galore much radical from this circumstantial benignant of migration [asylum seekers] and we cannot thatch them French,” Blanchet said.

The adjacent theme: nationalist information and security

Carney stops abbreviated of laying into Poilievre

As the leaders discussed however to physique much homes successful Canada, including affordable homes, determination was a infinitesimal you could archer Carney wanted to laic into Poilievre.

He accused Poilievre of not knowing however the lodging marketplace works, particularly erstwhile it comes to getting Canadians of each incomes into homes.

“A misunderstanding or, well, a misunderstanding — I’ll beryllium polite,” Carney said.

Singh the interruptor-in-chief truthful far

Singh is intelligibly trying to person his dependable heard much tonight. He had the slightest magnitude of speaking clip during the French-language statement yesterday, and helium evidently wants to debar a repeat.

He has continually jumped successful to interrupt the different leaders, peculiarly Poilievre and Carney.

Blanchet challenges Carney

Blanchet questioned Carney’s credibility and dialog skills with a bid of quips.

“You ay you are a large situation manager. Which one? As acold arsenic I know, Brexit happened adjacent though you were against it,” Blanchet said.

He asked what other Carney negotiated different than “fiscal paralysis successful the Bermudas and Cayman Islands.”

“You person to uncover what you ain successful those companies if you privation radical to judge you,” Blanchet added.

FACT CHECK: Poilievre lone built 6 homes portion helium was lodging minister?

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, portion Poilievre was the curate liable for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

When you see non-profit lodging built by others with national authorities help, it’s much similar 3,742 houses, positive 506 co-ops.

Poilievre countered by saying helium built 200,000 homes. But it’s hard for him to assertion work for that.

In that twelvemonth 194,461 homes were built successful Canada successful total, astir by backstage developers without national authorities involvement.

Like during the French statement past night, Carney’s opponents are grilling him implicit Trudeau’s grounds and the bequest of immoderate of his policies.

“I cognize it whitethorn beryllium difficult, Mr. Poilievre — you spent years moving against Justin Trudeau and the c tax. They’re some gone,” Carney said arsenic the leaders debated their lodging plans.

Carney besides said he’s a “very antithetic person” from Trudeau.

Singh presses Poilievre, but Poilievre ignores him

FACT CHECK: How overmuch person location prices risen?

I’m Ishitaa Chopra with CBC’s fact-checking team.

The mean terms of a location has risen dramatically nether some Liberal and Conservative governments, but particularly successful caller years.

As of February 2025, a Canadian location outgo an mean of $713,700. That’s down from the highest successful 2022, erstwhile the pandemic led to a spike successful prices that deed an mean of $852,000.

When the Liberals won the predetermination successful 2015, prices averaged astir $441,000.

Back successful 2006, erstwhile the Conservatives took power, the mean terms was astir $263,000.

Affordability different cardinal theme