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Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau
The Debate Broadcast Group has announced the dates for the leaders’ debates during the federal election campaign.
A partnership of 10 news organizations, the Debate Broadcast Group, selected by the Leaders’ Debates Commission produces the leaders’ debates for the federal general election in English and French.
The French-language debate will be held on September 8 from 8 to 10 pm ( EDT) and the English-language debate on September 9 from 9 to 11 pm EDT at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.
The French-language debate will be moderated by Patrice Roy (Radio-Canada), with the participation of journalists Hélène Buzzetti (Les coops de l’information), Guillaume Bourgault-Côté (L’actualité), Paul Journet (La Presse) and Marie Vastel (Le Devoir).
The English debate will be moderated by Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, with the participation of journalists Rosemary Barton (CBC News), Melissa Ridgen (APTN News), Evan Solomon (CTV News) and Mercedes Stephenson (Global News).
Noémi Mercier (Noovo Info) will moderate segments that include questions to the party leaders from Canadians.
The debates will be simultaneously translated into ASL [American Sign Language] and LSQ [langue des signes québécoise], as well as six Indigenous languages: Dene, Inuktitut (Baffin) and Plains Cree for the English debate, and East Cree, Innu and Ojibway for the French debate in addition to both official languages.
OMNI Television will provide live translation for both debates in six languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi, and Tagalog.
The topics for the debate will be announced three days before each debate.
The debates will be broadcasted by various media outlets.
Debate Broadcast Group consists of APTN News, L’actualité, CBC News, Les coops de l’information, CTV News, Le Devoir, Global News, Noovo Info, La Presse, and Radio-Canada.
