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With less than 2 weeks before election day, the three main party leaders are trying to make their case to voters in Quebec — ahead of Wednesday’s French-language debate. On the menu today? Mandatory prison sentences and new training for workers in priority sectors. Andrea Macpherson has the latest from the campaign trail.

Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Yves-François Blanchet, and Jagmeet Singh battled to win over Francophone voters in the only French-language debate of the 2025 federal election campaign. Mackenzie Gray explains why Poilievre appeared to soften his attacks during the debate; how Singh criticized Poilievre; how Carney’s French skills fared; and how Blanchet went after Carney.

During the English language leaders’ debate in Montreal, Quebec on Thursday night, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet accused Liberal Leader Mark Carney of being untested as a crisis manager or negotiator, asking him “what have you negotiated?” and remarking that “as far as I know Brexit happened, even if you were against it.”

It’s day 24 of the federal election campaign and all three major party leaders were campaigning in Quebec ahead of Wednesday’s French debate. Kylie Stanton reports.

Canada’s political leaders took a dig at Liberal Leader Mark Carney during the French-Language debate on Wednesday evening, by saying they buy their own groceries and no longer buy U.S. strawberries. Carney was asked if he still buys U.S. strawberries in a recent interview on a Quebec talk show and responded that he doesn’t buy...

A new Ipsos poll shows the federal Liberals gaining momentum, as four candidates hold their first English debate in the race to replace Justin Trudeau. Why Andrew Furey is resigning as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the blunt way he described U.S. President Donald Trump. What Indigenous leaders are accusing the RCMP of in...

Controversial vote on fluoridated water doesn’t stop the debate, growing outrage over cuts to homecare services, and Quebec’s finance minister presents his economic update to business leaders.

It’s the first of two debate nights in Gatineau, Quebec. Where the leaders stand in the race, as they try to win over voters. The Conservatives have unveiled their costed platform, so how does it stack up against the Liberals’ plan? The long-awaited trial begins for the 20 men accused in the 2015 Bataclan terror...

During a spirited debate over the $6-billion Quebec child-care deal, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole “doesn’t understand” the universal daycare system in Quebec. O’Toole said he would collaborate with the Legault government on its plan for child-care, but Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet criticized both approaches, saying Quebec doesn’t need “any...

Quebec Premier François Legault was riled up after Wednesday night’s French language debate. He said none of the federal party leaders are willing to increase health transfers to the level provinces are asking for. As Raquel Fletcher reports, he was particularly critical of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.

Canadian federal party leaders squared off in the first debate of this campaign cycle in Quebec on Thursday. The French-language debate featured Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, sparring over issues like COVID-19 vaccination status, health care and more. Global’s Mike...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is demanding an apology from the moderator of Thursday’s English-language federal leaders’ debate, over a question about the province’s anti-secularism law, known as Bill 21. Mike Le Couteur explains.

With 10 days left until Canadians cast their votes, two federal party leaders are in a neck-and-neck race. The battleground area where the Conservatives need to win, and which voters the Liberals are vying for in the final stretch of the party’s campaign. Quebec’s premier wants an apology after the English-language debate. The question causing...

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was “taken back” by a question on Bill 21 during Thursday’s Leaders’ Debate, saying it was “wrong to suggest that Quebecers are racist.” Trudeau said although he’s opposed to the bill that prohibits wearing religious symbols in federal workplaces, he had hard time processing the question...

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said on Friday that the question asked by the moderator during Thursday’s English language leaders debate was “a little unfair” in assuming Quebecers are racist in light of Bill 21, which prohibits religious symbols from federal workplaces. However, O’Toole said he would respect provincial jurisdiction and won’t interfere with the law.

After his first NDP caucus meeting as leader on Wednesday, Jagmeet Singh was tentative to take a hard line on secular debates occurring in Quebec, but declared the party’s commitment to human rights.

Liberals up. CAQ down. What’s driving the change in voting intentions by Quebecers? Join Ipsos Quebec Director-General Sebastien Dallaire and Global’s Laura Casella for analysis of where the election is going after three leader’s debates.

Quebec Liberal Party leader Philippe Couillard joins Global’s Laura Casella in studio the morning after the historic English-language debate to dive into voters’ concerns.

At Monday’s Quebec debate, the four main party leaders describe how they will ensure the public workforce truly reflects the diversity of Quebec.

Quebec’s Bill 21, abortion and the environment were among the various topics debated by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet when they faced off in the first French-language debate.