10/3: Party leaders trying to set themseleves apart during Montreal debates

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Co-leader Jonathan Pedneault and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet are pitching their visions to voters. Photos by Derek Ruttan/London Free Press, Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun and Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press

With less than two weeks left to go until election day, party leaders are gearing up for back to back debates this week.

So far, the more than three weeks on the campaign trail have seen some stark differences between the two main parties, and some similarities as they accuse each other of stealing policy ideas.

National Post political reporter Chris Nardi joins Dave breakenridge to discuss how Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are trying to set themselves apart amid shifts in polling, what to expect in the leaders debates, and what has happened to Jagmeet Singh and the NDP this campaign.

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