Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre see very different threats to Canada | Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw | Leaders' debate likely won't influence most people's votes, Vote Compass data suggests
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Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre see very different threats to Canada; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney participate in the English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal on Thursday\.

Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre see very different threats to Canada

April 18 , 2025 at 03:53:53 p.m. EDT • :

The result of a modern debate is always something of a blur. But what this year's encounters underlined is that this election is primarily about both two very different candidates for prime minister and two very different ideas of what the greatest threat to the country actually is. 
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Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw; Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a federal election campaign stop in Montréal-Est, Que\., on Friday\.

Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw

April 18 , 2025 at 01:18:58 p.m. EDT • :

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the federal government's ban on single use plastics and bring back plastic straws and disposable grocery bags. 
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Leaders' debate likely won't influence most people's votes, Vote Compass data suggests; The leaders during tonight's debate\.

Leaders' debate likely won't influence most people's votes, Vote Compass data suggests

April 18 , 2025 at 02:07:36 p.m. EDT • :

Most Vote Compass users who watched Thursday night's federal leaders' debate say it won't or likely won't influence their vote, while a plurality of viewers can't identify a clear winner, according to data from the vote-gauging tool. 
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5 things federal party leaders keep getting wrong; Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet have all repeated claims on the campaign trail and debate stage that are either missing context or inaccurate\.

5 things federal party leaders keep getting wrong

April 18 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Sometimes political leaders get it wrong — repeatedly. The CBC News fact-checking team looks at some of the inaccurate claims that leaders have made more than once in this campaign.
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6 big moments and takeaways from the final leaders' debate; Federal leaders' English debate in 6 minutes

6 big moments and takeaways from the final leaders' debate

April 17 , 2025 at 11:19:59 p.m. EDT • :

Four party leaders shared the stage for the final time Thursday night before Canadians head to the polls. Here are six key moments and exchanges from Thursday night.
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For Conservatives to take the election, these GTA ridings are must-wins; The 905 ridings the Conservatives need to win in the election  

April 17 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

For Conservatives to take the election, these GTA ridings are must-wins

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At Issue | Did the federal leaders' debate change anything? ; Three men debate at podiums  

April 17 , 2025 at 10:31:46 p.m. EDT • :

At Issue | Did the federal leaders' debate change anything?

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Debates commission unaware Rebel News registered as advocacy group, official says; Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks with the media after the French-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal on Wednesday evening\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 09:54:24 a.m. EDT • :

Debates commission unaware Rebel News registered as advocacy group, official says

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I didn't vote for 21 years. Trump's attacks on my homeland and Canada changed everything; Fernando Ameth Pinzon holding his Canadian and Panamanian passports\. The 41-year-old says he feels attacked on both sides of his identity by U\.S\. President Donald Trump's threats\. That's why he's voting for the first time\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

I didn't vote for 21 years. Trump's attacks on my homeland and Canada changed everything

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I lean centre-left. But as a gun owner, I feel my only choice is the Conservatives; Patrick Osborne leans centre-left\. But as a gun owner and competition shooter, he feels he has no choice but to vote for a federal party that plans to undo the federal Liberals' handgun ban\.  

April 16 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

I lean centre-left. But as a gun owner, I feel my only choice is the Conservatives

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