National Leaders Debate and Election Campaign

critical decision: Canadians now have a critical decision to make about the direction of our country -- and lots of time to make it, according to Rabble. The first opportunity to have some of our questions answered comes on August 6, when Maclean airs their National Leaders Debate. The writ has been dropped, and we are now four days into the longest election campaign in recent history. Will you be watching the leaders hash it out What questions do you hope will be asked and answered We asked CCPA staff members what questions they are hoping to have answered by the debate, and by the campaigns in general. How do you plan to do to create meaningful, sustainable, family-supporting jobs across Canada There are at least 135,000 fewer young Canadians working today than in 2008. Here what they said: Trish Hennessy, Director, CCPA-ON What do you plan to do for the middle class besides offering more tax cuts, given that tax cuts deprive us of needed revenue to invest in public programs that benefit everyone Iglika Ivanova, Senior Economist, CCPA-BC Many Canadians recognize that the current economic strategy -- narrowly focused on resource extraction industries like oil, gas and mining -- is both economically and environmentally risky. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.