...here are some thoughts. (Disclaimer: I watched the whole thing in French on CBC's French station without the live translation. I wanted to see if I could still remember the language. I seem to have been able to follow OK, but I'm sure some stuff slipped passed me.)
-- I don't believe there was a clear "winner." But Martin was clearly on his game. He looked better and more confident. He is a strong French speaker and had the boilerplate down pat.
--Duceppe, unsurprisingly, performed well and had the best command of the language. He was punching on two fronts, against Harper and Martin, and executed both well. Effective (albeit intellectually dishonest) fear-mongering on abortion against Harper.
--Jack Layton was Jack Layton.
--Harper held his own, but was the least skilled French speaker. I also think he could have responded to Duceppe with points other than "Quebec needs people at the Cabinet table."
That's all. It wasn't too exciting.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:16 AM
