Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com. Tuesday, June 15, 2004 If you care what I thought of the French debate.... ...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    << Home   National Post peeps RSS - Syndicate me! Andrew Coyne J. Kelly Nestruck Bob Fulford Jonathan Kay Colby Cosh George Jonas Everyone else Maderblog The Shotgun Paul Tuns Paul Wells Damian Penny Peter Loewen Stephen Taylor Cory MacDonald Kathy Shaidle Conservative Hipster Vincent Geloso October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009