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Toronto Roy Thomson Hall and Justin Trudeau

Stephen Harper: For Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, the debate before a crowd of nearly 3,000 at Toronto Roy Thomson Hall was all about ensuring Canadian security — of person and of economy, according to The Chronicle Herald. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair wanted to make it a question of Canadian values — the ones that built a country of immigrants. The policy mechanics of trade negotiations, climate change, immigration and refugee measures and security legislation gave way Monday to a spirited battle of emotions and values aimed at loosening up votes in a seemingly endless election campaign that still too close to call. And Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau played to nostalgia and emotion, invoking the ghost of his prime minister father and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Trudeau added that the evening was emotional because it marked the 15th anniversary of Pierre Trudeau death. Let me say very clearly, I am incredibly proud to be Pierre Elliot Trudeau son, said Trudeau, before citing the Charter, multiculturalism and bilingualism as inheritances the country can take pride in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.