and tylerlily paul paul, and harper paul. much.you so hurry and build that wall. thank you sir. >> i voted for you in 2011. gov. perry: there you go. ok. on the count of three. >> nice to meet you. they keep coming to iowa. coming toyou for iowa. [indiscernible] gov. perry: hey buddy. do you want the camera? are you taking our picture? how are you baby girl? >> thank you. gov. perry: what did we do before we had cell phones for pictures? you got the better part of the deal. we spent the last two weeks getting a house. [indiscernible] >> i met you last time around. tell me again. this business is a campaign stop for you. i like being around people. retail politicking is a little bit of a weird thing for me, so you makes -- when you mix and agriculture in the state fair, it makes it a little bit more enjoyable. are two things that they really are concerned about. and they are personal favors. they are really concerned that the economy is not working which should be, they know it can do better. 1%, 2%n't understand why growth is the new normal, and also when i turned

harper that is simply not true. paul -- mr. harper -- he has been putting that out and misleading attack ads and none of the other parties have ever talked about touching income -- mr. harper: you have promised to take it away from families who generous income splitting -- there is no reason -- ms. may: with all due respect, mr. prime minister, you are cherry picking your data. new jobs is irrelevant compared to other g7 nations unless you correct for population growth. comparing us to germany where they don't have new people, compared to other economies in the g7, we are doing very poorly. we are in a recession under your watch for the second time. mr. harper: ms. may, i think the fact that we are able to bring in immigrants as part of our economic action plan. investing in infrastructure and innovation to drive it. that's why we have -- s. may: --r: w mr. mulcair: what he fails to mention is that he has run up $150 billion in the last 10 years. frankly, last week as we headed into the campaign, he spent over $1 billion. honest

harper that is simply not true. paul -- mr. harper -- he has been putting that out and misleading attack ads and none of the other parties have ever talked about touching income -- mr. harper: you have promised to take it away from families who generous income splitting -- there is no reason -- ms. may: with all due respect, mr. prime minister, you are cherry picking your data. new jobs is irrelevant compared to other g7 nations unless you correct for population growth. comparing us to germany where they don't have new people, compared to other economies in the g7, we are doing very poorly. we are in a recession under your watch for the second time. mr. harper: ms. may, i think the fact that we are able to bring in immigrants as part of our economic action plan. investing in infrastructure and innovation to drive it. that's why we have -- s. may: --r: w mr. mulcair: what he fails to mention is that he has run up $150 billion in the last 10 years. frankly, last week as we headed into the campaign, he spent over $1 billion. honest

harper. >> well paul, you could say there are broken promises and broken promises. mr. harper, promised he would never name an appointed senator. he has gone on to break a record naming 59. the list of conservative senators under investigation continues to grow. i am looking for a mandate on october 19th to put an end to this mess once and for all. canadians deserve better. making sure every vote counts, open up parliment, and making sure every dollar is spent in that committee. we do want to get rid of the senate. abolition pure and simple. mr. trudeau thinks me need better s bett bett better senators but i think we need previous senators. >> he broke the promise on his very first day as prime minister by appointing a senator to the senate. he broke that promise 58 more times. so i can understand why no body would believe him when he says he will not appoint any more senators. they want to open up the constitution, but the fact of the matter is when the next prime minister sits down with people, i can tell you canadians want to talk about jobs, climate change, health ca

harper that is simply not true. paul -- mr. harper -- he has been putting that out and misleading attack ads and none of the other parties have ever talked about touching income -- mr. harper: you have promised to take it away from families who generous income splitting -- there is no reason -- ms. may: >> with all due respect, you are cherry picking your data. net new jobs is an indicator of the health of our economy isn't relevant when comparing to other g7 nations unless you correct for population growth. impairing as to germany with you don't have -- compared to other economies in the g7 we are doing very poorly indeed. we are in a recession under your watch for the second time track by the fact we can bring in immigrants, that is part of our economic action plan. investment in infrastructure and innovation and an immigration to help drive our economy. that's why we have better results. may: we had net job loss in july. >> what mr. harper fails to make it is run up a deficit in a row. is added $150 billion to candidates that

harper. >> well, paul, lfiet me just correct a few facts.ontext is this, over the past ten years a period of economic instability. weon have seen canada has the strongest economy growth, the strongest job creation record and highest income growth of the middle class. whatmo we face right now lets be real clear, over 80% of the economy is growing. in fact,ng our exports are up 10% this year. where we have weaknesses, we are going to have growth going forward. the way you deal with it is sticking with a plan that's works, low tax, proven plan that's working rather than go to a plan that's high taxes, high debt which is failing everywhere else. >> you've compared canada under liberals, you called their tax increases, do a few changes in tax the margin have a change? >> the other parties are proposingli tense of -- tens of billions of dollars. >> that's not true, senator. >> look around the world countries that are in that position have not recovered. this country has had best performance and best prospects going forward. that's whyie we should

harper. the next closing statement is tom. >> thank yaiou, paul. ank all of you at home for joining us in the middle of the summer. in this election there's a clear choice. four mtiore years of steven harper's conservative or my plan for positive change. under mr. harper's plan incomes are -- mr. harper has the worst job record since the second world war. he's added $150 billion to canada's debt. and these -- sorry, mr. harper's plan h clearly isn't working. some have been sent to jail. theav biggest risk for canada is four more years of mr. harper's government. it is timer' for a change, chane built on hard working living within your means and accountability. these are the values that will continue to guide me. my number one priority is to kick start the economy and get canadians working. we will invest in local infrastructure and help small businesses to create jobs. and we understand that good jobs and a clean environment go hand in hand. i have fought for canada my whole life. i know that canada is the greatest country in the world, but a lot ha

harper andter thomas mulcair, justin trudeau, elizabeth may. for octoberis set 19, making this the longest campaign in modern canadian history. mr. wells: the longest election campaign in modern canadian history has begun. good evening, i'm paul, the political editor of maclean's magazine. i'm excited about this as you are. we have the leaders of four national political parties together in one room. we don't know whether that will happen again before you vote. i don't think they know. while they are here, let's make them work. in tleaders are just injure rudeau, elizabeth

harper call for the elections to take place on october 19. the camp -- the longest campaign in modern canadian history. >> the longest election campaign in modern canadian history has begun. good evening. i am paul wells, the political editor of the magazine. i was apprised about this as you were. -- i was surprised. we do not know whether that will happen again before you vote. i do not think they know. while they are here, let's make them work. we have dustin trudeau. elizabeth may, the leader of the green party. tom all caps, the leader of the democratic party. and stephen harper, the leader of the conservative party. tonight's debate will cover watch wrote broad subjects at the top of voters minds. the economy, energy and the environment, the state of canada's democracy, and foreign policy and security. each segment will begin with questions for me to one of the leaders. leader willr respond to the first, followed by an extended discussion among all of the leaders. we will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. to determine the random speaking order. everyone here knows that order. nobody in any of the parties has seen or heard the questions i will be asking tonight. th