NDP leadership candidates acknowledge French-language gap in Montreal debate | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: David Baxter
Publication Date: November 27, 2025 - 22:56

NDP leadership candidates acknowledge French-language gap in Montreal debate

November 27, 2025

The NDP leadership candidates admitted they need to brush up on their French-language skills when they faced off for the campaign’s first debate in Montreal.

The debate on Thursday began with a plan to have 60 per cent of it take place in French, but most of the conversation happened in English.

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