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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh appears at a federal election campaign event in Montreal on April 15, 2025.

Chris Young/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Wednesday’s French-language federal leaders’ debate has been moved two hours earlier to 6 p.m. to avoid a direct face off with a potentially crucial hockey game for the Montreal Canadiens.

The new time slot comes as the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet both suggested rescheduling the debate, with Singh saying in a statement that Quebecers were being asked “to choose between a critical democratic debate and cheering on the Habs in a must-win game.” 

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