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CBC NEWS SECURES FIRST INTERVIEWS WITH STEPHEN HARPER, TOM MULCAIR, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, AND ELIZABETH MAY

Peter Mansbridge’s Exclusive Interviews to Air on THE NATIONAL on CBC-TV and CBC News Network, beginning Monday, September 7

From Sept. 7 to 11, CBC News Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge will be sitting down with party leaders to discuss the issues that matter most to Canadians in a series of interview firsts, to air daily on THE NATIONAL, CBC’s flagship nightly news program (CBC News at 10 p.m./10:30 NT and CBC News Network at 9 p.m.).

Canadians across the country can tune in to hear Peter’s in-depth conversations with Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper on Monday, Sept. 7, Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, Sept. 8, NDP Party Leader Tom Mulcair on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May on Friday, Sept. 11. Canadians can also watch the extended interviews online at cbcnews.ca.

CBC will announce more details of the many ways it will bring relevant, timely election coverage to Canadians during the campaign and right up to election day. Canadians can go to cbc.ca/news for more information, and can engage with CBC on these stories through the @CBCNews and @CBCTheNational twitter accounts, as well as CBC News’ Facebook page and CBC The National ‘s Facebook page.

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For more than 75 years, CBC has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBCRadio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

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CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight aboriginal languages.

For more information, please contact:

Nicola Makoway

CBC News publicist

nicola.makoway@cbc.ca

(416) 205-7673

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