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Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Carney and Poilievre tackle tough questions on Radio-Canada show
-- CBC initially reported that on Sunday, political leaders Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre were questioned by Guy A. Lepage on the influential Radio-Canada talk show "Tout le monde en parle," aiming to appeal to the francophone audience in Quebec. The program is known for its high viewership, often reaching up to a million people in the province, which is significant given that Quebec sends 78 members to the House of Commons, the largest contingent after Ontario. The CBC Poll Tracker indicates that Carney's Liberals are leading in Quebec with 42.4% of the popular vote, with the Bloc Québécois and the Poilievre's Conservatives close behind at 23.5% and 23.2%, respectively. This is despite heavy criticism of Carney, who has made several Quebec-related mistakes during his campaign run. Carney was candid about his French language skills and cultural knowledge of Quebec, admitting, "My French is not perfect... I make gaffes." Carney, who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Canada during the 2008 recession, highlighted his collaboration with the then-Quebec premier Jean Charest to navigate through the economic downturn. He also addressed the topic of potential future pipelines in Quebec, emphasizing that any such project would require social acceptability and noting that Quebecers use 355,000 barrels of oil per day, mostly imported from the United States. Conservative leader Poilievre faced scrutiny over the perception that he shares similarities with former U.S. President Donald Trump. Responding to a playful question about whether he is a "mini-Trump," Poilievre humorously referred to his weight and underscored his modest upbringing, contrasting it with Trump's inherited wealth. He stated, "I have a completely different story from Donald Trump." On the topic of negotiation skills, particularly with the U.S. president, Poilievre expressed confidence, saying, "It's certain that if I can face Guy A. Lepage, I can face Donald Trump," to which Lepage retorted, "Yes, but I don't have tariffs." The leaders are preparing for the upcoming debates in both French and English at the Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday. Related articles Aspen Aerogels stock hits 52-week low at $6.59 amid market challenges Macquarie Reiterates Outperform Rating on Nickel Industries Ltd Take Five: T is for tariffs
CBC
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Canada election: Poilievre says working seniors ‘should not be punished' as he promises tax cut
You can't say Yves-François Blanchet doesn't have a sense of humour. The Bloc Québécois leader took a shot at Carney this morning by holding an appearance at Montreal's MELS Studio, where private network TVA's French-language debate would have been held, if Carney hadn't declined to participate. Blanchet also chastised the Liberal leader for mistakenly saying yesterday that the 1989 École Polytechnic massacre happened at Concordia University and misnaming Polytechnic survivor and Liberal candidate Nathalie Provost. Blanchet is seizing on the Liberal leader's Quebec-related blunders, according to my colleague Raffy Boudjikanian, who is covering the Bloc Quebecois on the campaign trail. 'These are all points that [Blanchet] wants to keep alive in this campaign, because he wants to use them to show himself to be the great defender of Quebec culture and heritage and history,' said Boudjikanian.
CBC
25-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Carney apologizes to Montreal massacre survivor running for Liberals after getting name and school wrong
Social Sharing Liberal Leader Mark Carney named the wrong university as the site of the 1989 Montreal massacre on Tuesday — and flubbed the last name of the survivor who is running with his party. At a campaign stop in Musquodoboit Harbour in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, Carney made a nod to Liberal candidate Nathalie Provost but made two critical mistakes in the process. "You want les défenseurs de la justice sociale, like Nathalie Pronovost à Montréal," Carney said, calling Provost a defender of social justice. He then repeated Provost's name, making the same mistake and adding another. "Nathalie Pronovost, who out of the tragedy of the shootings at Concordia, became a social justice activist and she's put her hand up and she's running for us." The shooting happened at Polytechnique, the engineering school at the Université de Montréal. Carney said he apologized in a call to Provost soon after, but Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet was quick to seize on the blunders, the day after Carney had made another Quebec-related gaffe in turning down an invitation to TVA's Face-à-Face debate. "Ms. Provost will run her campaign, but she should inform her leader of who she is, what she did and what happened because it is one of the saddest, most dramatic wounds in the history of Quebec and I think Mr. Carney should know that," Blanchet said. He also posted about the incident on X, saying the Bloc had supported Provost's years of efforts to get the Liberals to change gun laws. Provost is the Liberal candidate for a suburban riding outside of Montreal, Châteauguay-Les Jardins-de-Napierville. Her candidacy was leaked to French-language media last week, days before Carney asked for an election. She is well known in Quebec and across the country for her years of lobbying for stronger gun control, alongside fellow massacre survivor Heidi Rathjen. The two survivors were honoured on Parliament Hill in February 2024 for their group PolySeSouvient's work. WATCH | Carney's two mistakes on campaign Day 2: Carney names wrong school when talking about Montreal massacre 1 hour ago Duration 0:34 Provost was shot four times at Polytechnique when she was 23. She even spoke up to the gunman before he shot all nine women in Provost's classroom. The gunman killed 14 people as well as himself and injured another 15. He said he wanted to fight feminism. Name mistake was a 'typo': Provost In an interview in French with CBC News Tuesday afternoon, Provost said she herself struggles with people's names. "For someone to butcher my name by adding two letters does not offend me because it's something I could have done," she said. "It's just a typo." The mistake he won't make twice, though, Provost said, is getting the place where the worst mass killing of women in Canadian history happened wrong. Provost said she believes Carney was abroad at the time of the massacre, but that she also believes he was affected by it, just like every other Canadian. "He got the essence of who I am," in his remarks, Provost said. "I am a woman committed to gun control because I was the victim of a shooting. All that is true." Provost noted she was the one who reached out to the Liberal Party in the first place.
