Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20.
With less than two weeks to go, millions of voters are expected to tune in for tonight's two-hour French debate and Thursday's English debate.
The debates come as opinion polls suggest the Liberals and Conservatives are stuck in a tight two-way race, with the NDP and Bloc poised to determine which of the two main parties emerges victorious. Surveys conducted by the debates commission afterwards suggested that "the debates were central to the electoral process," according to a commission report on the process.
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