(People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier speaks to a crowd during a town hall in Red Deer, Alta., on July 11, 2019.
If People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier is not allowed to participate in this year’s federal leaders’ debates, it will seriously call into question the impartiality of the whole process.
Debates Commissioner David Johnston has until Sept. 16 to make his final decision, but has so far issued a tentative “no” based on a bunch of needlessly complex criteria.
Canadians were right to support Elizabeth May’s participation in the debates in past years. The Green Party of Canada has consistently failed to elect more than one Member of Parliament. But its annual convention brings out thousands of members and the party clearly speaks to the interests of many voters.
Likewise, it’s right that Yves-Francois Blanchet – someone most Canadians have likely never heard of before – will also participate. (He’s the leader of the Bloc Quebecois.)
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