What did you think of the federal political party leaders debate last Thursday?
It was nice to have a debate so early into the election campaign. It provided a summary of the issues that the political parties will be campaigning on and hopefully it allows enough time in the eleven-week campaign for additional leaders debates. Another good thing about the early debate is that it gives us all some time for fact checking of the statements made by the debaters.
The thing that struck me as I was watching the debate is that it was difficult to determine if the statements being made were factual or not.
One party leader would say something and then one or more of the party leaders would reply that the statement wasn’t true. Mulcair directed a zinger at Harper when he said “Stephen Harper is the only Prime Minister in Canadian history who, when asked about the recession during his mandate, gets to say, ‘Which one?’”
There are reports out already showing that there have been several Prime Ministers who have weathered multiple recessions while at the helm. I’m sure that there were other comments made that were not entirely true.
I hope that the fact checking of the debate continues and I’m glad that we have lots of time to do it.
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Local athletes will be competing in the 2015 Canadian Lacrosse Association National Jr. B Championships known as the Founders Cup.
The tournament is next week, Aug. 17 - 23 at the Max Bell Arena. Locals Brendan Bachmeier, Brandon Davis, Bret Davis, Jacob Norton and Josh Norton are part of the Calgary Mountaineers team who will be competing for the cup.
Go Mounties!
