Radio / Television News

OMNI to deliver leaders’ debates in Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, and Punjabi

TORONTO – Following this week's announcement by the Federal Elections Debates Commissioner David Johnston on how televised leadership debates will be produced, Rogers’ OMNI Television said it would air and translate them live in Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, and Punjabi on TV and online.OMNI is part of the Canadian Debate Production Partnership (CDPP), a consortium coming together to bring Canadians the debates on a wide range of platforms.The debates will be held during the second week of October (exact dates have not yet been finalized) and the CDPP will promote, produce and distribute the French and English leaders' debates, where anyone...