Canada federal election 2025: How to rewatch the federal leaders' debate
Canada's top political heavyweights wrapped up a pivotal debate week during which they went head-to-head in hopes to win over voters with the federal election less than two weeks away.
Liberal leader Mark Carney, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet exchanged ideas on key issues ranging from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to the affordability and housing crisis in French on April 16 and in English on April 17 in Montreal.
Yahoo News Canada streamed the debates live on our network and has put together an all-you-need-to-know guide on how to rewatch the debates from around the country.
The English-language debate, which can be rewatched by hitting the play button above, marked a critical moment in the lead-up to the federal election on April 28 as the race to the finish line tightens among leading parties.
The debate featured key moments highlighting affordability, Trump and Trudeau's impact on Canada as well as a fiery roundtable on security.
More coverage of the English debate and election in general can be found on the Canada Federal Election 2025 topic page.
The French-language delivered seven standout moments which are available on our network as part of the larger coverage around must-know talking points from the event for those who missed it.
The English-language debate was 120 minutes in length without commercial interruption, featuring similar formats, with an "emphasis" on open debate and questions asked by a single moderator, according to CBC/Radio-Canada.
The debate featured five main editorial themes and each theme included a number of questions within to provide 'an opportunity for substantive discussion on policy issues and party platforms,' according to a press release issued by the Leaders' Debates Commission.
The English debate themes were:
Affordability and the cost of living
Energy and climate
Leading in a crisis
Public safety and security
Tariffs and threats to Canada
The French debate themes were:
Coût de la vie (Cost of living)
Énergie et climat (Energy and climate)
Guerre commerciale (Trade war)
Identité et souveraineté (Identity and sovereignty)
Immigration et affaires étrangères (Immigration and foreign affairs)
Patrice Roy, journalist and news anchor of Radio-Canada's Téléjournal avec Patrice Roy and RDI's En direct avec Patrice Roy, moderated the French-language debate on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the moderation tasks fell on Steve Paikin, host of TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin for the English-language debate.
The five leaders, each from a different federal party, developed on the themes laid out for the debates on Thursday.
While the themes were largely common across both the debates, they were bound to be different. One of the key topics the Wednesday night debate tackled was the ongoing trade war with the U.S. and Canada's sovereignty. On Thursday, leaders pitched how they are best suited to lead in a crisis and their vision for public safety and security.
According to the Leaders' Debate Commission, the federal parties must have met two of the following three criteria to qualify:
Having at least four per cent national support in opinion polls
Having at least one sitting MP who's been elected as a member of that party
Running candidates in at least 90 per cent of all ridings
The Commission then issued invitations to party leaders that met the participation criteria 27 days before election Day. The decision date is tied to Election Day to take into account the length of the next general election campaign, whether long or short.
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