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Mulcair under attack again - from Topp.
Guess Mulcair truly is the leader.
Topp is right beside Mulcair but doesn't look at him while asking him a question!
Singh breaks the monotony by going against Cullen on his plan.
nash takes on mulcair for vagueness - mulcair parries, somewhat successfully, i should say. holding pattern.
topp hits mulcair well, mulcair defends well.
singh questions cullen on his party, basically a softball.
I'm disappointed that the majority of the debate will be in English, considering that opportunities for young people is an issue that affects francophone communities as well. It's an insult to francophone communities we need to vote NDP for forming a national government.
I'm also disappointed that with the exception of Ashton, none of the candidates in their opening statements made specific reference to the issues young people face. And people wonder why young people are cynical about politics.
Cullen seems nervous. Singh is pressing him hard on his cooperation plan.
Cullen looks pissed off at Singh.
Nathan responded well to Martin - both did well
Cullen is giving me a little confidence that he can prevent the co-operation strategy from backfiring. Singh is right that cooperation with the Liberals might cost us a lot of support for the anti-Liberal vote. But Cullen pointed out: voters like cooperation in principle. Voters hate partisanship. He's selling the strategy less as a marriage to the Liberals, and more just having a positive and reasonable attitude to getting things done.
Tom finally gets a chance to ask a question - much laughter.
i think mulcair blew away ashton's fairly weak re-iteration of nash and topp's attacks.
Niki winning both exchanges against Mulcair. Go Niki go!
Dewar seems rather dour today. Flustered.
The cheerleading about winning/losing exchanges is kind of lame, guys. I'm not seeing any winners or losers in these exchanges.
Take off the partisan sunglasses.
Tom is handling Paul's question well as he did with Peggy and Brian.
Gang up on Mulcair! Show NDPers the real Tom!
Truly bizarre question from Cullen to Singh about his remarks about Topp (what's the strategy there?), but interesting twist!
Give it a break. People have a right to espress their opinions - don't like them don't bother reading them.
Wow - Singh really is a prick. Good for Cullen in exposing him.
Cullen asked Singh point blank to apologise to Topp. Singh did not. He just said that he felt offended by Topp brushing him off on the tax question ("you can't have read my plan") and stood by his statement that Topp's tax policy did not call for an exemption on capital gains taxation for charitable giving.
cullen opportunistically slams singh, singh responds very very poorly.
Singh also addressed whether he was Mulcair's attack dog (despite this not being asked). He said, thank you all, but my ideas and debate strategies are mine alone.
I just hate how much politics becomes a god damn hockey game to you guys. As if "Go Leafs Go" ever convinced a Habs fan to change over.
These exchanges have been pretty balanced and fair thus far. People have asked tough questions, and have gotten good answers.
Except Cullen to Singh. Singh should have apologized.
Teamwork! Teamwork! Teamwork!
Oh wait...
Division! Division! Division!
I can't figure out which
incredible that mulcair was asked the same question three times, in three different ways. i wonder if they're not actually helping him. dewar is just in way over his head.
Singh doing quite well in the 3 member debate.
It was a missed opportunity.