MONTREAL — Federal party leaders alternated between jabs and jokes early as they sparred during the election campaign’s only French-language debate Wednesday.
The first of two federal campaign debates in Montreal began with moderator Patrice Roy exhorting the Montreal Canadiens to win a do-or-die game that forced organizers to change the event’s start time at the last minute.
But knives started flying fast between Liberal Leader Mark Carney , Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre , Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh as they debated how they could deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Pierre to Carney: “Have you forgotten that you were Trudeau’s economic advisor?”#Debate2025 #CanadaElection2025 pic.twitter.com/05A0DhsdYD
— NorthVoice (@KhademShahram) April 17, 2025
Carney busted on the Tranny issue
Did that just happen? And then he walked off?
This guy is not having a good night…
Let’s hope tomorrow is somehow even worse!#Debate2025 #DebatDesChefs pic.twitter.com/cF8swsEWnU
— jorge (@dudeitsthatguy) April 17, 2025
Nope no bought and paid for media to see here…
I’m surprised the CBC and Radio Canada didn’t bend the knee and kiss Carney’s ring. https://t.co/CWtV3J966d
— Kevin Pacitti (@kpac_15) April 17, 2025
