{"id":19541,"date":"2025-04-16T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/canada-reschedules-political-debate-that-conflicted-with-a-hockey-game\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:52:16","slug":"canada-reschedules-political-debate-that-conflicted-with-a-hockey-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/canada-reschedules-political-debate-that-conflicted-with-a-hockey-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Reschedules Political Debate That Conflicted With a Hockey Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There\u2019s a lot to discuss in Canada ahead of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/10\/world\/americas\/poilievre-populism-alberta.html\" title=\"\">its April 28 election<\/a>, including tariffs, inequality and President Trump\u2019s threats to annex the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But a political debate in Montreal on Wednesday night won\u2019t have a prime time slot. That is because many Canadians would rather watch a hockey game that evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A French-language debate between five leaders of Canadian political parties had been scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern. But after two party leaders complained that the debate would compete with a 7 p.m. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/team\/canadiens\/\" title=\"\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> game, the debate\u2019s start time was moved up by two hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCitizens therefore will not have to miss anything in this crucial moment in the election campaign, and at the same time be able to follow the decisive periods of the hockey game that could allow the Montreal Canadiens to reach the playoffs,\u201d Radio-Canada and the federal Debates Commission <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/presse.radio-canada.ca\/corporatif\/13890\/debats-des-chefs-2025-le-debat-en-francais-devance-a-18-h-mercredi-16-avril\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier on Tuesday, one of the party leaders who called for the scheduling change, Yves Fran\u00e7ois-Blanchet of Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.6724503\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> that he wanted to watch the game \u201clike anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBut now I believe that some questions are very serious about Canada\u2019s future, and Quebec\u2019s future, and maybe some attention should be given to the debate,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the debate can be changed, let\u2019s do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another leader, Jagmeet Singh of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/world\/americas\/canada-new-democratic-party-jagmeet-singh.html\" title=\"\">New Democratic Party<\/a>, was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/canada-election-debate-moved-hockey-game-3cfb1f764f16d2fab573ecff0e17d934\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quoted as saying<\/a> in a statement that the scheduling conflict made Canada\u2019s political system \u201clook out of touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis kind of political discussion shouldn\u2019t compete with something that means so much to so many,\u201d Mr. Singh said, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/french-language-debate-quebec-1.7510909\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to the CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The game does mean quite a lot to Canadians. Hockey is the national pastime, and this particular contest \u2014 the last game of the Canadiens\u2019 regular season \u2014 carries high stakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A lot of people in Montreal are nervous that the Habs, as the team is known, could squander what had until recently seemed like a near-certain chance of qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After losing their last three games, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/canadiens-have-to-wait-after-blue-jackets-win-again\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Canadiens either have to<\/a> beat the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday or tie them in regulation. Otherwise, they\u2019ll have to hope that the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6282598\/2025\/04\/15\/blue-jackets-playoffs-greaves\/\" title=\"\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, the team just behind them in the standings, lose to the New York Islanders on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fran\u00e7ois-Blanchet told reporters on Tuesday that he wished the Canadiens had won on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThen we would have been done with this season, and then the playoffs would have begun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, the Habs were beaten by the Chicago Blackhawks, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/standings\/\" title=\"\">second-worst team<\/a> in the National Hockey League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Montrealers feel \u201ca lightness in the step\u201d when their team is in the playoffs, but on Monday the city was 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