This debate will be followed by another one Thursday in English, both taking place in downtown Toronto and livestreamed online.
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The questions were all common bread-and-butter themes: the carbon tax, media bailouts, security at the border, standard fare for most of the candidates as they seek to woo the grassroots.Lewis, the lone non-politician among the candidates, has also used a good chunk of her campaign trodding familiar themes.Initially, Lewis had sidestepped using her background — she emigrated to Canada from Jamaica as child — as a talking point.
While in the early days her support was emanating largely from social conservatives _ she is clear on her anti-abortion position, for example _ comments to her social media pages illustrate a change underway.
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