7 of the spiciest moments you missed in Thursday's federal leaders' debate

Blanchet calls Carney a 'real Canadian leader' (but sarcastically)

Things got cheeky early on when Yves-François Blanchet took aim at Mark Carney for flip-flopping on pipelines depending on who he was talking to.

"Mr. Carney, you are becoming a real Canadian leader, saying one thing in French and another in English," Blanchet said — sarcastically, of course.

Singh jokes that it's Poilievre's 'first time caring about the environment'

Jagmeet Singh came in hot during a discussion about energy and Bill C-69, throwing shade at Pierre Poilievre for wanting fewer rules around development.

"What Mr. Poilievre is saying is, 'Have no rules. Have no regulations. Have no controls over any energy development. Let big polluters pollute,'" Singh said.

Poilievre tried to clap back — "That is not true. In fact, Mr. Singh, the reality is we should have strong rules, enforced once —"

But Singh cut him off with, "That's the first time I've heard you care about the environment. Is that your new position?"

Even Carney couldn't hold back a laugh — the Liberal leader, whose podium was between Singh's and Poilievre's, could be seen and heard chuckling between them.

Blanchet drags Carney's past with a Brexit burn

Blanchet went in on Carney again — this time during the affordability segment — with a reference to Carney's past finance roles, including in the U.K.'s Brexit saga.

"You claim to have a lot of experience in many things," Blanchet began. "You say that you are a great crisis manager. Which one? I've heard of nothing. As far as I know, Brexit happened, even if you were against it."

"You say you are a great negotiator," Blanchet went on. "What have you negotiated, but fiscal paradises in Bermuda or Cayman Islands? You have to prove something [...] if you want people to believe you."

Singh and Poilievre squabble over housing math

In a fiery back-and-forth over housing numbers, Singh accused Poilievre of building just six affordable homes during his time as housing minister.

"False, 200,000," Poilievre shot back, citing a Toronto Star article that "debunked" Singh's claim.

Poilievre added: "I appreciate neither Liberals or NDP are very good with math."

Singh wasn't having it: "You're clearly — you can count up to six, which is great. It's not high enough, though."

(In fact, the Star did debunk the six number, but it also debunked Poilievre's 200,000 figure, saying the real number was around 4,248.)

Poilievre accuses Carney of spouting Trudeau's notes

Poilievre spent much of the evening pushing the narrative that Carney is just an extension of Justin Trudeau's government. During a jab about the Liberals' cost-of-living policies, he said:

"Mr. Carney, Justin Trudeau's staffers are actually here with you at this debate in Montreal, writing the talking points that you are regurgitating into the microphone."

Carney reacted immediately: "Ouch. Oooh."

Even Blanchet jumped in: "That's painful."

Poilievre continued, "How can we possibly believe that you are any different than the previous 10 years of Liberal government?"

Carney clapped back with, "Look, I do my own talking points, thank you very much."

Carney mutters that Poilievre is 'here to learn'

Things got snarky in a segment about energy and climate, in which Poilievre was talking about industrial carbon taxes and asked Carney how much a carbon tax would add to the price of a car. Carney didn't give a number, and Poilievre pounced:

"Mr. Carney didn't answer my question. I asked how much would an industrial carbon tax on Canadian steel add to the price of a car. And he won't answer because he knows that it will be very expensive."

Singh jumped in: "But do you know the answer? You don't know the answer either, you're just throwing out random questions."

Poilievre tried to press on, adding, "It's thousands of dollars."

"You're just making it up though, you don't know," Singh interjected again.

In all the hubbub, Carney got in the mix too. "I actually do know the answer to that question," Carney added, laughing. "He's wrong."

As Poilievre tried to press on, Singh interrupted yet again: "It's a straw man argument to say, 'Do you know the price?' when you don't know the answer."

As they kept talking over each other, Carney quietly told Singh, "He's here to learn."

Carney reminds Poilievre: 'Justin Trudeau isn't here'

In the final open debate section, Poilievre returned to a familiar target — Trudeau — criticizing Carney for the "inflationary policies that you advised Justin Trudeau to implement."

Carney's response was simple, but cutting: "I know you want to be running against Justin Trudeau."

"Justin Trudeau isn't here."