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First televised debate takes place tonight.
BY , Sep 2, 2021 3:36 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks during a campaign stop in Montreal, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The first televised debate of the federal election campaign takes place tonight.
Only four leaders — the Liberals' Justin Trudeau, the Conservatives' Erin O'Toole, the Bloc Québécois' Yves-Francois Blanchet and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh will face off.
The Green party's Annamie Paul and the Peoples' party's Maxime Bernier were not invited to participate.
The French debate on TVA, one of Quebec's most-watched networks, comes at the mid-point of the campaign and could prove crucial to the outcome on Sept. 20.
The TVA debate is in addition to two official debates organized by the Leaders' Debates Commission. The official debates are scheduled to take place next week — in French on Sept. 8 and in English on Sept. 9.
Paul will participate in those debates, but Bernier, who didn't meet the independent commission's criteria for participation, will not.
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