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Watch a nationally televised debate

12. dubna 2011 v 7:25 |  replica watches
Watch a nationally televised debate


Watch a nationally televised debate between party leaders in the midst of a federal election campaign, or catch the hockey game?
What might seem like a skewed sense of priorities to outsiders - changing the day of the French-language debate at the last moment from Thursday to Wednesday at the requests of candidates so it wouldn't come at the same time as the first game of the NHL playoffs between Montreal and Boston - is a no-brainer to locals here.

"I think it's a good idea," said Eric McDermott over lunch at a downtown pub Monday. "If you want people to actually watch the debate, you'd better change the date. Hockey takes up a lot of space in Montreal.

Asked which he'd be watching if they came on the same night, another diner who only gave his first name Carl laughed.
"Hockey, obviously," he said. "And I'm the kind of fan who only watches hockey during the playoffs."

Montreal Canadiens spokesperson Donald Beauchamp stressed that the organization had nothing to do with the decision. But staff did have their theory over the time change.

"(Canadiens coach) Jacques Martin and the other coaches were joking this morning maybe it's because all the candidates wanted to watch the game, too," Beauchamp said.
It might not be far from the truth. NDP leader Jack Layton said Sunday: "Were I not in this election, I might make the same decision." Three of the four candidates - Michael Ignatieff, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton - are from Quebec. All three contacted the television consortium running the debates to ask for a rescheduling. Only Conservative leader Stephen Harper said he would leave it up to the broadcasters to decide. He was born in Toronto.

Antonia Maioni, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, noted the conversation might have been very different in other regions of the country.


 

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