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Fact-checking the federal leaders' debate
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April 18, 2025
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2:22Now PlayingCBC's Jonathon Gatehouse fact-checked comments by the main party leaders on foreign aid, taxes and government services during the English-language federal leaders' debate on April 17.
CORRECTION (May 9, 2025): In a previous version of this video at 1:31, we referred to a study from the Fraser Institute about taxes and income. We reported the study did not take into account inflation or carbon rebates paid to Canadians in its calculation of household income and costs. In fact, the study did include both these factors in its conclusions. That portion of this video has been trimmed.
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