On the day of the French-language leaders’ debate, the organizers have announced the Green Party will not be allowed to participate.
The Leaders’ Debates Commission said in a decision issued on April 16 that the Greens have not fulfilled the debate criteria of running candidates in 90 percent of ridings. The decision also noted the party had made a strategic decision to not run in some ridings.
Parties had to fulfil two of three following criteria to attend the debate: running a certain number of candidates, having representation in the House of Commons, and receiving at least 4 percent of voting intentions. The Greens had been invited based on meeting the first two criteria….