Canada’s Skyrocketing Debt Given Scant Attention in Leaders’ Debate

(L–R) Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole take part in the English-language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Despite the remarkable rise in federal debt in the two years since the last election, the issue of how to rectify the structural deficit wasn’t raised until almost the end of the Sept. 9 English leaders’ debate.

Only during the final 11 minutes of the two-hour debate was Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau asked, “What do you say to the next generation who say, ‘How are we going to pay for this?’”