Voters will be able to watch the federal party leaders debates this week with translation into several Indigenous languages.

The decision of what languages the broadcast would be translated into was made by the Federal Leaders' Debate Commission and the Canadian Debate Production Partnership, of which CBC is one of nine&nbsp;partners.&nbsp;

How to re-watch the federal leaders' debates

Six federal party leaders will face off in the French-language debate tonight. Here's how to watch.

Six party leaders will take part in one English and one French debate hosted by the Canadian Debate Production Partnership. Left to right: Justin Trudeau (Liberal),  Andrew Scheer (Conservative), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Elizabeth May (Green Party), Maxime Bernier (People's Party of Canada) and Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc Québécois). 

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 by CBC and APTN. APTN televised the Inuktitut version to its Northern audience and the Plains Cree version to its western audience.

5 key moments from the federal leaders' debate

The six major party leaders squared off in a debate Monday that saw Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer taunt each other as they jockeyed for the front-runner position.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May, left, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau discuss a topic during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Que. on Monday Oct. 7, 2019.

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Green Party leader Elizabeth May, left, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau had one of the most pointed exchanges, over their respective climate plans, during the federal leaders debate on Monday.

Leaders' debate a political tag-team match of six-way cross-talk

The leaders' debate, perhaps the most-watched event of the 2019 federal campaign, was a six-way melee that repeatedly wandered off topic as the participants sought to land that elusive knockout shot.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, centre, looks on as Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, right, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May discuss a point during the Federal leaders debate in Gatineau, Que. on Monday Oct. 7, 2019.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, centre, looks on as Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, right, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May try to make their points during the federal leaders debate on Monday.

The English-language debate was also translated into French, Arabic,&nbsp;Cantonese,&nbsp;Italian,&nbsp;Mandarin,&nbsp;Punjabi, American Sign Language and Quebec Sign Language.

The French-language debate on Thursday, Oct. 10&nbsp;from 8-10 p.m. ET was live-streamed online in 

The French debate covered the economy, environment and energy, immigration, ethics and governance, and services.

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In the last debate of the federal election Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicked off his pitch to Canadians by saying Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet would never be able to implement a climate plan because he does not lead a national political party. 

Host Patrice Roy from Radio-Canada, centre, introduces Federal party leaders, left to right, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet before the Federal leaders french language debate in Gatineau, Que. on Thursday, October 10, 2019. 

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Key moments from the final leaders' debate of the election campaign

The 6 federal party leaders returned to the stage Thursday for the final debate of the campaign that saw the federalist party leaders direct their ire at surging Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left to right, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet applaud as they take part in the the federal leaders French-language debate in Gatineau, Que.

, Arabic, Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi,&nbsp;American Sign Language and Quebec Sign Language.

Both events were held in front of a non-partisan&nbsp;audience at the&nbsp;Canadian Museum of History&nbsp;in Gatineau, Que.

Six party leaders will take part in one English and one French debate hosted by the Canadian Debate Production Partnership. The leaders are Elizabeth May (Green Party), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Justin Trudeau (Liberal), Andrew Scheer (Conservative), Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc Québécois) and Maxime Bernier (People's Party of Canada).

Watch the federal leaders' debates translated into Indigenous languages

French debate Thursday

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