A slip of the tongue caught the most attention on social media during the federal leaders鈥� French-language debate Friday night, according to Facebook.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe questioned Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau about how much humanitarian aid the last Liberal government had committed.
"You'd like to return to the past. History lessons, my love -- my friend," Trudeau said in French, confusing 鈥渕on ami鈥� with 鈥渕on amour.鈥�
Twitter Canada said that same moment generated the most tweets in the debate, with 895 posts sent between 8:44 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. ET 鈥� right after Trudeau鈥檚 鈥渕on amour.鈥�
Meanwhile, the most discussed issue on Facebook during the debate was the economy:
- The economy
- Foreign policy
- Social issues
- The environment
- Terrorism
Twitter Canada said the economy was the second most tweeted issue, with the most people posting about the niqab.
Leaders buzz on Facebook
Ahead of Friday鈥檚 debate, Facebook released demographic information of the people driving the conversation on each of the five major party leaders on the social networking platform since June 1.
The Facebook data does not specify in what context party leaders are being mentioned, only the age and gender of those commenting.
In a breakdown by age, Stephen Harper led the pack in the 45 and under age group, with nearly 60 per cent of that demographic mentioning the Conservative leader on Facebook.
Justin Trudeau followed, with 57 per cent of the 45 and under crowd mentioning the Liberal leader.
In contrast, people discussing Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe tended to be 45 or older (56. 6 per cent).
