Liberal leadership candidates define positions in 1st debate

Nine candidates vying for the leadership of the Liberal Party participated in the first of five debates before a sold-out crowd of supporters in Vancouver on Sunday. The nine candidates running for the party's top job are MPs Marc Garneau, Joyce Murray and Justin Trudeau, former MPs Martin Cauchon and Martha Hall Findlay, lawyers David Bertschi, Deborah Coyne and George Takach, and Karen McCrimmon, a retired Lieutenant Colonel.