The leader of the Bloc Québécois is questioning why the Green Party can participate in a national televised debate even though the party falls short of qualifying criteria set by Canada’s Leaders’ Debates Commission.
“I have nothing against the Green Party, but if the rules disqualify it, how can we explain why it’s invited to the debate? The main effect is to reduce the speaking time of others,” Yves-François Blanchet wrote in a social media post in French on April 13.
The commission did not respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times. A spokesperson for the commission told the CBC it had “made its decision with respect to which political parties met the debate participation criteria 27 days before election day.”…