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9 Sep, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The English language leaders’ debate starts at 9:00pm here in Gatineau. People’s Party leader Maxime Bernier was not invited. PPC has organized a #letmaxspeak rally outside venue. Just started.
A combination of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine passport signs throughout the crowd. I’m bad at crowd counting but I’d estimate a couple of hundred people here. Image
PPC candidate for Gatineau @MSPPCGatineau is emceeing. He begins by thanking police for their efforts.
Crowd starts chanting “Let Maxime speak.”
Ottawa Centre PPC candidate Regina Watteel thanks crowd for their “courage” in showing up. Says PPC has law and constitution on its side.
A small group of demonstrators with Unifor flags are here. Unifor is the union with a mission of opposing the Conservatives. Not sure if these members are from the journalist division. Image

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At Edmonton’s Bowden Park for a rally @MaximeBernier and @peoplespca are holding. Supposed to be kicking off in about 15 minutes.
I’m terrible at crowd estimates but definitely hundreds of people here. A lot of young families. Not the standard rally demo for a Conservative event.
A group of supporters starts singing O Canada.
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10 Sep
The English leaders' debate is on! True North has you covered here:
This is the first and only English leaders' debate of the campaign. Moderator is Shachi Kurl, president of Angus Reid Institute.
"Please, answer the questions. Do not interrupt each other. I don't want to cut you off, but I will if I have to," Kurl tells leaders.
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9 Sep
In 2019, Justin Trudeau said Canada was engaged in genocide against Indigenous women and girls. Last night, he avoided a question about whether that's still the case. tnc.news/2021/09/09/jus…
His initial acceptance of the "genocide" claim was little more than political posturing, clearly. If Canada were actually committing genocide, there would be domestic (and international) legal obligations and responses that clearly weren't there.
Practically speaking, if you're the leader of a G-7 country committing genocide, you should have a hard time getting re-elected. But he can't say it's no longer the case, because nothing has substantively changed in Canada since then.
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9 Sep
The first "official" debate of the 2021 election campaign is on, moderated by Patrice Roy, broadcasting live from the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. Five leaders were invited: Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole, Annamie Paul, and Yves-François Blanchet. #cdnpoli
In lieu of opening statements, Roy asks leaders if they will commit to not calling a snap election if they win (especially if a minority). Trudeau: No answer. O'Toole: Yes. Singh: No answer. Blanchet: Knows he won't win but wants to keep a government going. Paul: Yes.
First theme is "pandemic and healthcare." Question (from New Brunswick woman) is about long-term care conditions and COVID deaths. How will you ensure seniors aren't neglected?
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8 Sep
At the first of two debates hosted by the government’s Leaders’ Debates Commission, in Gatineau. Leaders will soon be arriving to the Canadian Museum of History. Like at all government buildings since May, the flag remains at half mast. #cdnpoli Image
More security here compared to the debates at the same venue in 2019. For example, last time supporters were able to gather here across the lane way as the candidates’ buses arrived. This year, supporters (and protesters) are kept at the road, about 100 meters away. Image
Tank, one of the RCMP’s bomb-sniffing dogs, has approved the media gear! Image
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