Campaign 2025 - The Montreal Reckoning, Canada’s Leaders Debate Exposes the Great Divide

Pierre Poilievre lays down the gauntlet as Carney flips, Singh flounders, and Blanchet fires shots in a clash over sovereignty, energy, and foreign aid

On Wednesday night, in Montreal, the leaders of Canada’s major federal parties gathered for the first official debate of the 2025 election campaign. At center stage stood Mark Carney, the newly installed Liberal leader and banker-turned-politician; Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader and longtime critic of the Ottawa swamp; Jagmeet Singh, the NDP’…