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| Canada party leaders debate: May and Mulcair outshine Harper – as it happened | Canada party leaders debate: May and Mulcair outshine Harper – as it happened |
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| And, we’re done. | And, we’re done. |
| The immediate winner tonight is Elizabeth May. But the strategic victor is Tom Mulcair’s NDP. | The immediate winner tonight is Elizabeth May. But the strategic victor is Tom Mulcair’s NDP. |
| Under attack from the other three parties, Harper withered. But while May rose to fill the room, and Mulcair’s calm demeanor gave him the last word over and over again, Trudeau failed to hit the near-impossible moving target he had to hit to put his party back in contention. | Under attack from the other three parties, Harper withered. But while May rose to fill the room, and Mulcair’s calm demeanor gave him the last word over and over again, Trudeau failed to hit the near-impossible moving target he had to hit to put his party back in contention. |
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| Trudeau’s speech is themed around being “ready.” | Trudeau’s speech is themed around being “ready.” |
| “Mr. Harper wants you to believe that better just isn’t possible. But I think thats wong. We are who we are and Canada is what Canada is, because we’ve always known that better is possible.” | “Mr. Harper wants you to believe that better just isn’t possible. But I think thats wong. We are who we are and Canada is what Canada is, because we’ve always known that better is possible.” |
| I don’t know what that means. | I don’t know what that means. |
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| "Get to know us. We are not what you think." Elizabeth May's Green Party pitch. #macdebate | "Get to know us. We are not what you think." Elizabeth May's Green Party pitch. #macdebate |
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| May thanks organisers for the opportunity to speak to the nation. She may not face the other candidates in any other debate, she says - which is true. | May thanks organisers for the opportunity to speak to the nation. She may not face the other candidates in any other debate, she says - which is true. |
| Though after her performance this evening she well experience a bit of a bump in the polls. | Though after her performance this evening she well experience a bit of a bump in the polls. |
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| Mulcair next. Thanks organisers and viewers. “In this election there is a clear choice,” he says. “Mr. Harper has the worst jobs record since the second world war. Run up eight deficits in a row and added 50bn to Canada’s debt. Sorry. Mr Harper’s plan clearly isn’t working.” | Mulcair next. Thanks organisers and viewers. “In this election there is a clear choice,” he says. “Mr. Harper has the worst jobs record since the second world war. Run up eight deficits in a row and added 50bn to Canada’s debt. Sorry. Mr Harper’s plan clearly isn’t working.” |
| “Clearly isn’t working” was another bingo card phrase. If you had that, you are also a winner. | “Clearly isn’t working” was another bingo card phrase. If you had that, you are also a winner. |
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| “Proven experience,” is Harper’s opening gambit. Points to market turmoil in China, debt crisis in Europe. Trying to say he’s a safe pair of hands. But he looks, and sounds, rattled. | “Proven experience,” is Harper’s opening gambit. Points to market turmoil in China, debt crisis in Europe. Trying to say he’s a safe pair of hands. But he looks, and sounds, rattled. |
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| Closing remarks now. | Closing remarks now. |
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| Or this one: | Or this one: |
| The loudest cheers of the evening go to Mulcair's statement that he'd repeal c-51 #macdebate | The loudest cheers of the evening go to Mulcair's statement that he'd repeal c-51 #macdebate |
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| May’s line of the night - probably the line of the night overall - is on C51. “It’s a disaster.” | May’s line of the night - probably the line of the night overall - is on C51. “It’s a disaster.” |
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| “This is an issue that people are quite rightly worked up about,” says Trudeau, pretty lamely | “This is an issue that people are quite rightly worked up about,” says Trudeau, pretty lamely |
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| Harper is rattled. “If you are not prepared to call the threat the ... thing that it is, you are not prepared to defend this country.” Then May hits him again. She’s relentless, with a machine-gun delivery. | Harper is rattled. “If you are not prepared to call the threat the ... thing that it is, you are not prepared to defend this country.” Then May hits him again. She’s relentless, with a machine-gun delivery. |
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| In almost so many words, Mulcair calls Harper - essentially - an Islamophobe, for targeting mosques. | In almost so many words, Mulcair calls Harper - essentially - an Islamophobe, for targeting mosques. |
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| And, having done the hard work, May leaves the cleanup to Mulcair. The NDP “Will repeal C51,” he says, looking straight into the camera. | And, having done the hard work, May leaves the cleanup to Mulcair. The NDP “Will repeal C51,” he says, looking straight into the camera. |
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| The first real attack on C51 comes from May. | The first real attack on C51 comes from May. |
| There is no oversight. There is no oversight at all. This act ... Makes. Us. Less. Safe.” | There is no oversight. There is no oversight at all. This act ... Makes. Us. Less. Safe.” |
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| “I’ll let Mr. Trudeau explain his own position; he’s been for and against the legislation at the same time,” says Harper dismissively. | “I’ll let Mr. Trudeau explain his own position; he’s been for and against the legislation at the same time,” says Harper dismissively. |
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| Final round of questioning for Trudeau finally gets to C51, the deeply unpopular counter-terror bill that his party supported. | Final round of questioning for Trudeau finally gets to C51, the deeply unpopular counter-terror bill that his party supported. |
| This was always going to be a tough moment for Trudeau. He’s fudging - he’s clearly fudging - talking about amendments; being constructive. “Perhaps it was naive,” he says. | This was always going to be a tough moment for Trudeau. He’s fudging - he’s clearly fudging - talking about amendments; being constructive. “Perhaps it was naive,” he says. |
| It’s about as well as he can do under the circumstances. But it’s still not a winning moment for the Liberal leader. | It’s about as well as he can do under the circumstances. But it’s still not a winning moment for the Liberal leader. |
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| Scorecard so far, as we head into the final round of questions: | Scorecard so far, as we head into the final round of questions: |
| Harper 2/10 | Harper 2/10 |
| Mulcair 7/10 | Mulcair 7/10 |
| May 8/10 | May 8/10 |
| Trudeau 4/10 | Trudeau 4/10 |
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| Suddenly, for the first time, May of the Green party sounds like she might be on the same hawkish side as Harper. “Assad is a butcher,” she says. | Suddenly, for the first time, May of the Green party sounds like she might be on the same hawkish side as Harper. “Assad is a butcher,” she says. |
| However, she says, ISIS is trying “to draw us into the region.” | However, she says, ISIS is trying “to draw us into the region.” |
| “We are actually doing what they want when we go in with bombing missions.” | “We are actually doing what they want when we go in with bombing missions.” |