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[Ron in Regina]

TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Sidhartha Banerjee
Published Mar 21, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network’s head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each, the Montreal-headquartered broadcaster said Friday.


The Quebecor Media-owned television network says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-a-Face debate, which is divided into segments pitting one leader against another.

Louis-Philippe Neveu, executive producer of the debate, says that given the difficult financial, economic and competitive situation facing TVA Group and other media industry members, the only option for producing the show is to ask parties to contribute to production costs.

Neveu said in a statement that the $300,000 being sought will only cover part of those costs and will not yield any profit to TVA. The network doesn’t generate any advertising revenues during the broadcast, he said.

“Indeed, a program of this magnitude requires the deployment of considerable resources and technical and technological solutions,” Neveu said, describing costs for such things as setting up a studio and a production control room.


Quebecor says its TVA operations are about to move to a new studio east of downtown Montreal that isn’t large enough to hold the leaders debate, which will have to take place at Studio Mels, a production facility also owned by the telecommunications company.

Quebecor says its request for money isn’t out of line. Political parties spend money on advertising, the company says, adding that the $75,000 being sought is equivalent to taking out a page in the Saturday edition of the National Post.

“In the current context of TVA Group, production costs remain an insurmountable barrier without the contribution of the political parties,” Neveu said. “Without the support … the face-to-face debate cannot be presented.”


The Bloc Quebecois and the Conservative Party of Canada were on board with the cash call.

“The Bloc Quebecois calls on the Liberal party and the NDP to stop procrastinating and to take the necessary measures to participate in the TVA debate out of respect for the Quebec population,” party spokeswoman Joanie Riopel said in an emailed statement.

The Conservative party said it was ready to provide the requested amount. “It’s important to reach out to Quebecers and francophones across the country,” the party said in a post on X. “We shouldn’t be debating the debate.”

A spokesperson for the NDP said that while the party looks forward to debates, it hasn’t made a decision on paying TVA, adding that the network’s request would set an uncomfortable precedent.


The Liberals did not return a request for comment on whether they would pay to attend the debate.

During federal elections, there is typically an English and a French-language debate organized by a consortium of media and the Leaders’ Debate Commission. The head-to-head TVA debate format has been used during recent provincial and federal campaigns and has proven quite popular, attracting an average of 1.3 million viewers, according to the network.

When asked, Quebecor’s media team declined to say whether the debate would go ahead without the participation of all four political parties. It also declined to say whether a similar amount would be sought from provincial parties during the 2026 provincial election.

“The presentation of this unique format is clearly in the public interest and has already proven effective in guiding Quebecers in their election decisions,” Neveu says.

— With files from Anja Karadeglija in Ottawa

TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate

TVA says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-a-Face debate.

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That’s potentially pretty greasy. Carney’s French isn’t great, & having a reason to skip the French debate will help him keep his foot out of his mouth….& for Jagmeet he’ll not have to explain to Québécois about the whole non-coalition coalition that definitely wasn’t a coalition-type coalition that dragged out from the Ottawa Parking Shenanigans to a couple months ago…& they can both say they’re dodging that because of their strong principles.

 

[bob the dog]

Looking a little deeper into the Harvard pedigree it appears his claim to fame was being goalie of the hockey team which is why we must be seeing photo ops of him playing goal everywhere he goes. I wonder what his G.A.A. was?

I do like the PC "Sneaky Mark Carney" campaign strategy and it seems to fit.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Looking a little deeper into the Harvard pedigree it appears his claim to fame was being goalie of the hockey team

Or maybe getting into Harvard. It's pretty choosy.

 

[bob the dog]

Or maybe getting into Harvard. It's pretty choosy.

good way to get in as the goalie maybe on an athletic scholarship

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

good way to get in as the goalie maybe on an athletic scholarship

Beats hell outta being smart. Especially if ya wanna be a politician.

 

[Taxslave2]

This election, as always, will be largely fought in central Canada, and both candidates can be expected to spend a lot of time in Quebec and Ontario, particularly the vote-rich 905 area bordering Toronto.

And here is the reason we must change how our voting works. This little area basically dictates how the rest of the country must suffer.

 

[Taxslave2]

MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network’s head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each, the Montreal-headquartered broadcaster said Friday.

WOn't they be surprised when no one shows up to debate.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Anyway…Nepean MP Chandra Arya has been barred from running for re-election in the riding he has represented for nearly a decade.

“While this news is deeply disappointing, it does not diminish the profound honour and privilege it has been to serve the people of Nepean — and all Canadians — as their Member of Parliament since 2015,” Arya said in a social-media post.

Arya posted a letter from the Liberal Party of Canada. The letter said the party had conducted a thorough review of Arya’s eligibility, and “after careful consideration, based on a review of new information … the national campaign co-chair is recommending the revocation of your status as a candidate.”

The letter does not include what new information led to this decision. When asked, Liberal party spokesperson Parker Lund did not specify why Arya had been removed as a candidate, but said it was “in accordance with our national nomination rules.”

He included a link to the Liberal’s 25-page rulebook for candidate selection, saying the nomination process for a new candidate in the Nepean riding “will proceed in due course, and be fully in line with our national nomination rules.”

As of Friday morning, Arya’s official Liberal Party website was taken offline. Arya, a backbench MP, briefly put his hat in the ring to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberals after the prime minister announced his resignation in January, but he was similarly barred from that leadership race. Again, no specific reason was given.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/chandra-arya(88860)/roles

Then, too, when Arya was barred from the leadership race, Lund wouldn’t say specifically why Arya wasn’t allowed to run.
At the time, he pointed to Liberal Party rules for the race saying a potential candidate for leadership could be disqualified if it was deemed they were “manifestly unfit for the office of Leader of the Party” due to “public statements, past improper conduct, a lack of commitment to democracy (?), or other reputational or legal jeopardy.”

Liberals revoke Nepean MP's candidacy in upcoming federal election

Nepean MP Chandra Arya has been barred from running for re-election in the riding he's represented for nearly a decade.

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(YouTube & Mark Carney KICKS OUT Chandra Arya and STEALS HIS RIDING Right Before Election Call!)

 

[Taxslave2]

Or maybe getting into Harvard. It's pretty choosy.

Good at choosing losers. One of my shirt tail relatives got a Harvard MBA. Almost bankrupt the family business in 2 years that was 30 years in the building.
Seems there is a huge gap between being an expert in business, and knowing something about the type of business you are ruining. An MBA might be an asset for running a McDonald's franchise, but it does nothing towards running a sawmill.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Good at choosing losers. One of my shirt tail relatives got a Harvard MBA. Almost bankrupt the family business in 2 years that was 30 years in the building.
Seems there is a huge gap between being an expert in business, and knowing something about the type of business you are ruining. An MBA might be an asset for running a McDonald's franchise, but it does nothing towards running a sawmill.

Yep, you know one failure who went to Harvard, so obviously it sucks. Conservative logic.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Yep, you know one failure who went to Harvard, so obviously it sucks. Conservative logic.

Yep. I’m not doubting Mark Carney’s resume any more than I’m doubting Chandra Ayra’s resume.

Political newbie Chandra Arya wins seat in Nepean

Chandra Arya, a former high tech executive with no previous political experience, got a rock star reception as he walked into his Nepean campaign office full of gid…

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The above is from 2015. Then he did it twice more…

And Chandra Arya actually lives in that electoral riding, and has for well over a decade. Carney, not so much.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I make no claim about M Arya at all. Don't know the man, don't live in the country he participates in the governance of. Just reflecting on Tax's stupid-ass argument by anecdote.

 

[Ron in Regina]

After being “elected” to the leadership position of the liberal party, by 1/3rd of 1% of Canadians, the reporter asked him if he was going to pay back the almost quarter of a million dollars he charged to the taxpayers for his trip to the EU given that he is not the Federally elected PM yet. Carney did not answer the question at all.

This Is Unbelievable To Watch #freecanada #mcga #canada #pierrepoilievre #markcarney #short #shorts

www.youtube.com

(YouTube & This Is Unbelievable To Watch)

There’s 37 days until our next Federal Election.

 

[pgs]

Don’t worry, he is giving low and middle income Canadians a tax cut up to a staggering $875.00 per couple .

 

[petros]

TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Sidhartha Banerjee
Published Mar 21, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network’s head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each, the Montreal-headquartered broadcaster said Friday.


The Quebecor Media-owned television network says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-a-Face debate, which is divided into segments pitting one leader against another.

Louis-Philippe Neveu, executive producer of the debate, says that given the difficult financial, economic and competitive situation facing TVA Group and other media industry members, the only option for producing the show is to ask parties to contribute to production costs.

Neveu said in a statement that the $300,000 being sought will only cover part of those costs and will not yield any profit to TVA. The network doesn’t generate any advertising revenues during the broadcast, he said.

“Indeed, a program of this magnitude requires the deployment of considerable resources and technical and technological solutions,” Neveu said, describing costs for such things as setting up a studio and a production control room.


Quebecor says its TVA operations are about to move to a new studio east of downtown Montreal that isn’t large enough to hold the leaders debate, which will have to take place at Studio Mels, a production facility also owned by the telecommunications company.

Quebecor says its request for money isn’t out of line. Political parties spend money on advertising, the company says, adding that the $75,000 being sought is equivalent to taking out a page in the Saturday edition of the National Post.

“In the current context of TVA Group, production costs remain an insurmountable barrier without the contribution of the political parties,” Neveu said. “Without the support … the face-to-face debate cannot be presented.”


The Bloc Quebecois and the Conservative Party of Canada were on board with the cash call.

“The Bloc Quebecois calls on the Liberal party and the NDP to stop procrastinating and to take the necessary measures to participate in the TVA debate out of respect for the Quebec population,” party spokeswoman Joanie Riopel said in an emailed statement.

The Conservative party said it was ready to provide the requested amount. “It’s important to reach out to Quebecers and francophones across the country,” the party said in a post on X. “We shouldn’t be debating the debate.”

A spokesperson for the NDP said that while the party looks forward to debates, it hasn’t made a decision on paying TVA, adding that the network’s request would set an uncomfortable precedent.


The Liberals did not return a request for comment on whether they would pay to attend the debate.

During federal elections, there is typically an English and a French-language debate organized by a consortium of media and the Leaders’ Debate Commission. The head-to-head TVA debate format has been used during recent provincial and federal campaigns and has proven quite popular, attracting an average of 1.3 million viewers, according to the network.

When asked, Quebecor’s media team declined to say whether the debate would go ahead without the participation of all four political parties. It also declined to say whether a similar amount would be sought from provincial parties during the 2026 provincial election.

“The presentation of this unique format is clearly in the public interest and has already proven effective in guiding Quebecers in their election decisions,” Neveu says.

— With files from Anja Karadeglija in Ottawa

TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate

TVA says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-a-Face debate.

torontosun.com

This guy is full of shit. I have a sneaking suspicion somebody will drop "October surprise" type dirt on Carney. There is no way in hell there isnt dirt on him.

To get minerals to port you dont call the buyers customers. They will be partners because we dont have that kind of money without investment. Example: We wouldnt have the uranium market cornered without investment from France.

 

[Taxslave2]

Yep, you know one failure who went to Harvard, so obviously it sucks. Conservative logic.

Obviously it is overrated. People with grade 8 education can and have successfully run sawmills. One would think a guy with a MBA could do it with his eyes closed. Which may have been the problem.

 

[Taxslave2]

Don’t worry, he is giving low and middle income Canadians a tax cut up to a staggering $875.00 per couple .

Will it be on the same cheque Eby promised us for grocery money prior to being "elected"?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney kicked off their election campaigns promising change. It’s easy to see how Poilievre would be change after more than nine years of this Liberal government, it’s harder to see how Carney would bring change while leading the same cast of characters ruling the country since 2015.

As Jake Fuss, director of fiscal studies for the Fraser Institute writing in The Hub last year noted, real GDP per capita in Canada during the Trudeau era — a widely accepted measure of a nation’s prosperity — rose by a mere 1.9%, compared to 14.7% in the U.S. during the same period.

The Liberals’ decade-long failure to increase productivity and business investment through their anti-business, anti-energy agenda has severely weakened Canada’s ability to take on Trump in a tariff war today.

GOLDSTEIN: Spare us the hollow ‘patriotism’ of the federal Liberals — Toronto Sun

For the Liberals to portray themselves as “Team Canada” in this federal election displays a level of shameless hypocrisy, given how they sneered at Canadians during their decade in power. Led by a self-righteous and hypocritical Justin Trudeau — who took every opportunity to bash Canada...

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Standing across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Que., with Parliament Hill as a backdrop, Poilievre detailed all the ways the Liberal government has failed to deliver on Canada’s promise. He noted the doubling of housing costs, the fact that so many young people have given up on the dream of home ownership, the rising crime rates, and out-of-control government.

“Change and hope are both on the way. A new Conservative government will restore Canada’s promise, the promise that anyone from anywhere can do anything, that hard work gets you a great life in a beautiful home on a safe street under a proud flag,” Poilievre said.

Both men agree that Canada isn’t working as it should, some might even say the system is broken, but which one will Canadians choose to deliver that change?

Will it be Carney, the man who just took over the Liberal Party nine days ago after being Justin Trudeau’s economic advisor for five years, or will it be Poilievre, the man who correctly predicted inflation was on the way when Carney said it wouldn’t happen. He’s also the man who has highlighted the problems the government needs to fix but has refused to for years?

Voters clearly want change: An Ipsos poll released last week showed the Liberals leading with 42% voter support, compared to the Conservatives’ 39%, and also revealed 58% of Canadians say, “It’s time for another federal party to take over.” An Abacus Data poll released Sunday morning showed the Conservatives at 39% voter support above the Liberals at 36%, but 57% agreed with the statement, “It is definitely time for a change in government in Canada.”

(Only 21% agreed with the statement, “Mark Carney and the Liberals should definitely be re-elected”)

If we truly want change that will build Canada’s economy to be robust and resilient in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs, then Mark Carney is definitely not the man. Despite his stellar resume and credentials, Carney still holds policy ideas close to his heart that are not what Canada needs.

His devotion to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and his opposition to pipelines is quite well known. The fact that he still supports an emissions cap, which in reality becomes a production cap, for our oil and gas industry is another example of Carney’s out-of-date thinking and ill-advised policies.

Poilievre on the other hand wants to ensure that Canada grows its economy by harnessing the natural resources at our disposal instead of keeping them in the ground. He correctly points out that the Liberal Party Carney now leads has been blocking that kind of action for years.

“They blocked resource projects, raise taxes, driving our jobs south into the hands of the Americans. A half a trillion dollars of investment has fled our country,” Poilievre said.

“They blocked a pipeline that would have allowed us to go around the American market. They’ve killed LNG liquefaction plants, forcing us to sell all of our natural gas to the Americans at huge price discounts.”

LILLEY: Both leaders promise change, but only Poilievre can deliver — Toronto Sun

As the election kicks off, polls show Canadians want change in Ottawa and both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney are telling voters they are the one who can get the job done.

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Compare that with a "carbon border-adjustment" to penalize high-polluting foreign imports as a trade strategy.

How would this play out?

 

[Taxslave2]

Almost like the whole thing was set up by previous US Presidents and turdOWE to fuck over Alberta.

 

[Ron in Regina]

But they still managed to reserve a spot under that bus for Chandra Arya.


The campaign, however, did have enough time to brand its tour buses.

Liberal plane won’t be ‘wrapped’ in time for Carney’s inaugural flight — CTV News

In the mad dash toward a federal election, the Liberal party did not have enough time to get the campaign plane “wrapped,” reports correspondent Judy Trinh who's travelling with the Liberal campaign.

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