Canada Global(Web News)There are only 8 days left in the 2025 federal election in Canada and the political atmosphere is completely heated everywhere in Canada.
The second debate in Montreal between leaders of different parties in English took the election atmosphere to a new level. The debate featured leaders from four major parties: Mark Carney of the Liberal Party, Pierre Poil of the Conservative Party, Yves-François Blanchet of the Bloc Québécois, and Jagmeet Singh of the NDP. The day before, a debate in French was held, which began two hours early due to a hockey match in Montreal. The Green Party was not included in the debate because it did not meet the criteria of the Leaders’ Debate Commission.
The debate began with the current topic of “Tariffs and Challenges for Canada.” Here, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, who is ahead in the polls, was targeted by three other party leaders. Pierre Polioff took on him for opposing an oil pipeline from Alberta to the East Coast. Jagmeet Singh spoke about the government’s failure to expand Employment Insurance. Blanche accused Carney of making different statements in two languages.
Carney responded by saying that the old relationship between Canada and the United States is now over. He said Canada should also implement tariffs in a way that has the least impact on Canadian citizens. He also talked about eliminating trade barriers between states.
The next issue was inflation and the cost of living. Carney and Pierre Polio promised to reduce the GST for first-time homebuyers, but Carney also said that his plan was focused on increasing the number of homes. Pierre Polio accused Carney of simply pushing Trudeau’s economic policies. Responding to this, Carney said that you campaigned for years against Trudeau and the carbon tax, but now both are gone.
Jagmeet Singh condemned profiteering by companies on rising food prices and said the NDP would take up the issue with GST exemption.
When the issue came to security and gun control, Carney was asked about the Liberal government’s gun buyback scheme. He said, “This policy has been somewhat successful at the commercial level, but at the individual level it has not been implemented properly.” He said the security minister has been instructed to re-implement the policy properly.
Pierre Polyayev promised to introduce a “three-strikes policy” for serious crimes. He said that three serious crimes would be punishable by a minimum of 10 years or life imprisonment, without parole or bail.
Jagmeet Singh joined the RCMP. He spoke of judicial reform, citing concerns about the misuse and abuse of the law, particularly in rural and northern areas.
During the debate, moderator Patrice Roy asked all the leaders why their parties had not yet presented their full financial plans. They were asked where the funds for tax cuts and other promises would come from. To which each party leader gave a blunt answer.
