OTTAWA – French-language newspaper La Presse will team up with the Broadcast Consortium to produce and distribute the French-language 2015 Leaders' Debate.
As a partner to Consortium members CBC News, CTV News, Global News, Radio-Canada, and Télé-Québec, La Presse will help determine the format, provide a representative to co-moderate, and distribute the French-language debate digitally to its readership.
"With La Presse+, La Presse is the first tablet-based news organization to join the leaders' debate broadcast consortium," said La Presse's Éric Trottier, VP of news and editor in chief, in the news release. "It's a major first for us, but it also reflects a larger shift in the media industry. Beyond the innovation, we're very proud to partner with the major broadcasters and contribute to Canadian democratic life by providing all of the federal parties with an exceptional platform to present their ideas to voters in the run-up to the fall election."
As Cartt.ca reported, the French-language debate will take place on October 7 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, while the English-language debate is scheduled from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET on October 8, 2015.
