Trudeau faces pressure in final debate before Canadian election

Polls show Trudeau’s Liberal Party could be threatened by Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party on election day.

Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced off with opponents in the final debate before the September 20 snap election, painting his Conservative Party rival as unready to lead as he faced increased pressure over foreign policy and the timing of his decision to call an election. The nationally televised primetime debate was the final opportunity to take aim at his biggest challenger, Erin O’Toole of the Conservative Party. It came after a French-language debate on Wednesday, with both forums including Trudeau, O’Toole, the leader of the left-of-centre New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh, the head of the Green Party Annamie Paul, and the head of the Bloc Quebecois, which supports Quebec’s independence, Yves-Francois Blanchet.