The stakes were high as the five major party leaders fought to earn your vote.
Climate change, reconciliation, and Afghanistan were key themes during Thursday night’s leaders debate.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole slammed Justin Trudeau for calling an election as the deadline to withdraw troops loomed.
Meantime, Trudeau took a shot at the Conservatives over their position on climate change.
“You can’t have a strong economy unless you tackle climate change,” Trudeau said. “Mr. O’Toole can’t even convince his party that climate change is real because they voted against that.”
Trudeau was pointing to the Conservative party’s convention earlier this year when members voted down inserting wording in their policies that climate change is real.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole admitted his party came up short on its climate plan heading into the last election.
“We put our plan out in April because we had to restore some trust on this issue to make sure we can show Canadians we can get emissions down and get the economy working again,” said O’Toole. “That is key.”
Meantime, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Indigenous people have been let down too often.
“How do you restore trust in a country as wealthy as ours that still does not provide clean drinking water to every single Indigenous nation?,” Singh asked. “It starts by actually walking the path of reconciliation. Not with empty words, but real action.”
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says she wants Indigenous people to be able to make decisions for themselves.
Election Day is September 20.
