History. Mr. Wells the Longest Election Campaign in modern canadian history has begun. Good evening, im paul wells, the Political Editor of macleans magazine. Im excited about this as you are. We have the leaders of four National Political parties together in one room. We dont know whether that will happen again before you vote. I dont think they know. While they are here, lets make them work. In tleaders are just injure rudeau, elizabeth may, tom harper. And steven tonights debate will cover four broad subjects at the top of voters minds the economy, energy and the environment, the state of canadas democracy, in Foreign Policy and security. Each segment will begin with questions forom me. Another leader will respond, followed by an extended discussion among all the leaders. We will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. We drew lots to determine the speaking order. Everybody here knows that order, but nobody in any of the parties have seen or heard the questions
Discussion among all the leaders. We will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. We drew lots to determine the speaking order. Everybody here knows that order, but nobody in any of the parties have seen or heard the questions i will be asking tonight. The parties have agreed that at any point i can intervene to direct conversation. Lets begin with our first topic, the economy. This is one subject on everybodys mind as the election approaches, the economy. We have dangerous economic wind flowing in canada. The countrys Economic Health is shaky. We are coming out of a mild recession. Oil prices have slumped, exports are weak. What is ottawas proper role in the canada . Thats the context of our discussion. Mr. Wells as the luck of the draw would have it, the first question goes to the liberal leader, justin trudea. Mr. Trudeau good evening. Mr. Wells canadians are feeling anxious about the economy. Manufacturing is hurting. The price of oil is down. Your economic pla
Announcer monday, on the communicators, author, kevin ashton. Why did the right brothers and what was the process they used . Why did they succeed where everyone else failed . The answer is they understood the problem they were trying to solve better than anyone else. At the end of the day, being creative is not about having ideas in the shower, or aha moments. It is about solving problems one step at a time. Understanding the problem of a piece of paper, the problem of balance, was the key for the on thatothers starting horse that led to them flying. Ashton, mondayn night, on the communicators. Senate on with the break, we will feature book tv on cspan2. At the end of the summer, look for two book tv programs. On saturday, we are live with the National Book festival. On sunday we have the live, indepth program with lynne cheney. Book tv on cspan2, television or serious readers. Announcer the british house of commons is in recess, so questions will not be shown tonight. Canadian Party
Its tuesday the 12th of september. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. Its now back at the peak of 2. 9 it last hit in may this year. Our Business Correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. Ill let you talk us through the latest figures. Inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things dont work the price of things dont work the price of things is rising. It has hit 2. 9 . Todays figure was expected to come ina todays figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. Why are prices rising so quickly . It is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. All of those sorts of things. They are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. It is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we
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