Mark Carney BOMBS in French Debate

The Liberal Party leadership candidates faced off in the first of two debates. Things did not go well for the Liberal frontrunner

Source: Liberal Party - X

The Liberal Party of Canada hosted its French-language debate on Monday evening, and let’s just say, things didn’t go very well for Liberal front-runner Mark Carney.

Despite being the heavy favourite to win the leadership selection on March 9th, it became clear early on that his command of the French language was the weakest of the candidates.

Jean Philippe Fournier, a former advisor to Québec’s Minister of Finance, told me it was “an absolute disgrace.”

“Carney was surprisingly bad at French and oftentimes seemed visibly confused or unable to answer basic questions,” he said.

“He might not survive a real debate against Pierre Poilievre.”

Fournier posted on X that Carney was “clearly confused” and needed the moderator to repeat instructions in English.

Another user from Quebec, govt_corrupt, wrote that “Carney was easily the weakest of the 4 candidates.”

Perhaps the worst moment of the night came when Mark Carney accidentally stated that he agrees “with Hamas.”

"Alors, nous sommes d'accord avec Hamas. Nous sommes d'accord avec une two-state..."

“So, we agree with Hamas. We agree with a two-state...”

Later in the debate, Carney made another confused remark about CBC funding where he appeared to accuse Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of wanting “to abolish Quebec.”

Others noticed that the Liberal debate itself was generating very little interest online. Independent journalist who goes by the name the Pleb Reporter noticed how few people were viewing the debate on X.

The English language debate will take place on Tuesday February 25 at 7pm Eastern Time.

The candidates:

• Mark Carney: Central Banker, climate activist

• Chrystia Freeland: Justin Trudeau’s former second in command

• Karina Gould: Trudeau Government House Leader

• Frank Baylis: Former Member of Parliament for Pierrefonds-Dollard.