First Question

 "I'd like to congratulate Harper for answering a question from a citizen for the first time this campaign." Said Gilles Duceppe

The first two debaters were Gilles Duceppe and Stephen Harper. The question was how Harper could justify cutting taxes while the country was in a recession. Basically Harper kept harping on how well the Canadian economy was. Gilles is quite the pit bull.

Ignatieff entered the debate guns-a-blazing.  A little stiff maybe.  "This was not stimulus. This was just wasting money, building Gazebo and fake lakes."

The leaders of the opposition have been hammering on at Harper about the contempt ruling, and how he's not been altogether honest about the amount it actually cost.



I think Stephen Harper is a very cool customer. About the contempt ruling. "I don't agree with it. You were determined to have an election regardless of whether Canadians wanted it."

I'm disappointed that no-one has taken to him to task about the Senate in November. But I'm sure that will come up later.