By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED August 4, 2022 4:22pmET
August 3: The Third Debate
A third debate was held on Aug. 3 in Ottawa after 65% of party members responding to a survey were in favour of a third official gathering. However, Poilievre and Lewis have announced they will not attend, despite the risk of a party fine.
May 25: French-language debate
Candidates vying to succeed Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada faced off in the second of two official leadership debates organized by the party.
Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, and Pierre Poilievre took part in this French-language debate in Laval, Que., followed by scrums with reporters. Marc-Olivier Fortin served as moderator.
Watch the debate:
Some key highlights (no interpretation):
En débat à Laval, le candidat Pierre Poilievre livre sa vision de l'économie en affirmant vouloir éliminer les déficits inflationnistes ainsi que différentes taxes comme la taxe carbone ainsi que les taxes sur l'essence.#polcan pic.twitter.com/cowViwDSJz
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
En débat à Laval, la candidate Leslyn Lewis révèle sa vision économique pour le Canada. Elle propose de s'attaquer à l'inflation et d'éliminer la taxe carbone. Elle remet en question la position du candidat Pierre Poilievre sur le Bitcoin et les monnaies numériques.#polcan pic.twitter.com/pMBhuW0k49
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
En débat à Laval, le candidat Jean Charest livre sa vision du système de santé au Canada et affirme qu'il n'hésiterait pas à ouvrir la loi canadienne sur la santé et permettre au secteur privé de contribuer à faire fonctionner le système plus efficacement.#polcan pic.twitter.com/Ym9V1KlLu6
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
Comme premier ministre, le candidat à la direction du PCC Roman Baber s'engage à faire construire plus d'hôpitaux et augmenter le nombre de lits pour les Canadiens.#polcan pic.twitter.com/UYZF155yqx
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
Le candidat Patrick Brown réaffirme l'importance de parler les deux langues officielles. Il déclare appuyer les programmes d'immersion qui offriront l'apprentissage du français. Toutefois, il entend bien continuer de combattre les lois 21 et 96 du gouvernement québécois.#polcan pic.twitter.com/kJSUzs2VsK
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
En débat à Laval, le candidat Scott Aitchison s'exprime sur la politique int. et les relations avec la Chine. M. Aitchison dénonce les violations des droits de l'homme par la Chine et affirme qu'il reconnaîtrait Taïwan comme pays souverain, indépendant et démocratique.#polcan pic.twitter.com/64zmHZxoZJ
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
Alors que se termine à Laval le débat en français des candidats à la direction du PCC, tous les aspirants doivent répondre à la même question, à savoir si vous êtes élu, comment décririez-vous votre style de leadership ?#polcan pic.twitter.com/o1SftrpIOi
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
Post-debate scrums:
En rencontre de presse, suite au débat en français du PCC, le candidat Jean Charest affirme que « si l'affaire va devant la Cour suprême, mon gouvernement se prononcerait sur la loi (96) » comme c'est le cas actuellement pour la Loi 21.#polcan pic.twitter.com/QDMlRzKciu
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 26, 2022
May 11: English-language debate
Candidates met in Edmonton at the first of two official leadership debates organized by the party. Former political journalist Tom Clark served as moderator.
Watch the debate:
Some key highlights:
At #cpcldr debate, the 6 candidates are asked what they consider the greatest threat to Canada to be today.
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 12, 2022
Brown: Financial chaos
Poilievre: Debt crisis
Lewis: Declining democracy
Baber: Erosion of democracy
Charest: National unity crisis
Aitchison: Political division#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/18Uqhbm2ay
At the Conservative leadership debate in Edmonton, Pierre Poilievre and Patrick Brown are asked how they’d respond to protests that target critical infrastructure. Here are their answers. #cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/Fm2Sq1tOkg
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 12, 2022
At the Conservative leadership debate in Edmonton, Jean Charest and Pierre Poilievre face off on the question of how their party can remain united as it enters the next election.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/GlhdiCGpsA
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 12, 2022
Pierre Poilievre, raising the issue of housing supply during the Conservative leadership debate, reiterates his vow to fire the governor of the Bank of Canada to rein in inflation and promises to tie cities’ infrastructure funding to the building of housing.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/yRu4eukdLb
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 12, 2022
Watch candidates speak with reporters afterwards:
May 5: Five candidates took part in a 90-minute debate at the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference in Ottawa
Highlights:
At Conservative leadership debate, Pierre Poilievre takes aim at Jean Charest when asked re: his support for the Freedom Convoy. “The average trucker has more integrity in his pinky finger than you had in your entire scandal-plagued Liberal cabinet,” he says.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/XeaGlJhJRr
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 5, 2022
“Are you a Conservative?” Jean Charest is asked at the #CSFN22 leadership debate in Ottawa. Here is his response.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/NAbYcOk0mu
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 5, 2022
“What Canadian is going to trust this lot? We’ve got to do better—and that’s how we win elections,” says Scott Aitchison as he responds to a question at the #CSFN22 Conservative leadership debate re: the prospects of success for a moderate candidate.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/GX8Xa10Xzi
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 5, 2022
Asked at Conservative leadership debate re: her pro-life stance, Leslyn Lewis accuses Pierre Poilievre of silence on the issue. “He is going to have to deal with social conservative issues, which he has been running from for this entire campaign,” says Lewis.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/aev4awTRie
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 5, 2022
“I don’t serve the boss or the party leader. I serve Canadians who felt that the political class failed them,” says Roman Baber at Conservative leadership debate when asked about his record opposing #COVID19 restrictions and how he’d handle a future pandemic.#cpcldr | #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/aNWc4btEHG
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 5, 2022
Watch the post-debate scrums with candidates:
