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Two right-wing media organizations have won a legal battle to obtain accreditation for their representatives to cover tonight’s election debate.

On a crowded stage where debate often devolved into a cacophony of crosstalk, Canada’s federal leaders – including a fringe far-right candidate – have sought to sway voters before the country’s election.

True North reporter Andrew Lawton is taking the federal government to court for its decision to deny him media accreditation for the English language federal leaders’ debate on Monday.

The debates will be moderated by members from nine different media outlets that make up the Canadian Debate Production Partnership.

El debate de este martes entre Daniel Martínez y Luis Lacalle Pou no será el único en los próximos meses, ya que en setiembre de este año el Parlamento aprobó la ley que fijó un encuentro obligatorio entre los candidatos que el próximo 27 de octubre no alcancen los votos necesarios para proclamarse

Four federal party leaders faced off Wednesday in the first 2019 election debate to include Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. The debate on TVA — the largest private television station in Quebec — featured Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Yves-François

Organizers say the events are important as voters get a chance to see their candidates up close. But some political watchers suggest the debates, mostly in the federal arena, only matter in tight races. Also, that the local candidate is almost a non-factor, as many voters make their decisions based

Sin embargo, en la opinión pública el debate presidencial se vivió como una final de la Copa Libertadores de América. En cada casa, bar, o desde los dispositivos móviles, la ciudadanía uruguaya vivió una de esas jornadas democráticas de la que se hablará durante décadas.

So this debate could be the event that finally breaks the deadlock in the polls. Even if its English-speaking audience is limited to Ottawa reporters in the parliamentary press gallery, what happens in this debate still could have an impact on what happens in the rest of the country.

El debate del martes no fue perfecto, pero fue un avance respecto a la nada que tuvimos durante 25 años.

Tunisia's court of appeal Tuesday rejected a fresh request to free jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, his lawyer said, less than two weeks before the media magnate is expected to contest an election runoff.

Huffington Post Canada’s Ottawa bureau chief and upcoming election debate moderator Althia Raj dined with Justin Trudeau’s best friend and disgraced former principal secretary Gerald Butts Sunday evening, a week before the official leaders’ English debate.