Leaders preparing for French language debate

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NDP leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau were on the campaign trail Thursday emphasizing their parties goals ahead of Friday’s debate. Tom Mulcair says the country needs a Prime Minister with a long-term vision to fight climate change. At a campaign stop in Montreal this morning, he promised an NDP government would spend 200-million dollars over four years to help retro-fit 50-thousand homes and 15-thousand apartments to make them more energy efficient.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was also in Montreal today. He’s promising to spend 20-billion dollars over the next decade on new funding for transit projects. Trudeau says he’ll be focusing on his party’s economic plan at tomorrow’s French-language debate..

Meanwhile, Finance Minister Joe Oliver says if the Conservatives are re-elected, they would introduce a two-year, mandatory minimum sentence for financial fraud over five-thousand dollars, unless the offender pays full restitution.

Oliver was standing in for Stephen Harper today as the Conservative leader prepares for tomorrow’s debate in Montreal.