Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s “not hiding” from a second French-language debate and the reason he won’t participate is that Green Party leaders were not invited.
Carney spoke about his stance on the issue during a campaign stop in Halifax on March 25, after being accused by some opposition parties of avoiding the debate.
The previous day in Newfoundland, Carney had answered “why not?” when asked by reporters whether he would attend the debate organized by Quebec television station TVA. He then added that all party leaders should attend.
“I said that ‘why not’ if we have a debate with all of the leaders of the parties, I now realize that the leaders of the Greens were not invited,” Carney said in Halifax on March 25….