<p data-async="">Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre landed a few pretty solid blows against Liberal leader Mark Carney during <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;the French-language debate in Montreal&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-abolish-the-leaders-debates-commission-salt-the-earth&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-abolish-the-leaders-debates-commission-salt-the-earth" target="_blank">the French-language debate in Montreal</a> on Wednesday night. Whether those blows will matter to Quebecers, who will have comprised the vast majority of the audience for the debate, it would be foolish to prognosticate.</p>

Carney, like Michael Ignatieff before him, doesn't even seem to be in charge of his own campaign.

Chris Selley: The spectre of Trudeau overshadows Carney's French debate

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