A French-language debate between five leaders of Canadian political parties had been scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern. But after two party leaders complained that the debate would compete with a 7 p.m. Montreal Canadiens game, the debate’s start time was moved up by two hours.

Even with the pain of Trump tariffs and threats of becoming the 51st state, Canada's approaching election is moving aside for the Canadiens. Wednesday's primetime debate between the leaders of the five main political parties in the Great North has changed its start time to avoid clashing with a hockey game that could lurch the

Politics bowed to Canada’s most popular sport on Tuesday, when the French-language leaders’ debate was abruptly rescheduled to minimize a conflict with a Montreal Canadiens hockey game.