Canada’s Leaders’ Debates Commission has introduced new criteria for participation in the upcoming federal election debates, a move that may exclude Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC).
In the last election, parties needed to meet just one of three criteria to qualify for debates — having at least one MP, achieving 4% of the national vote in the prior election, or showing 4% support in polls at the campaign’s onset. The PPC, despite scoring 4.9% on election day, was sidelined based on polls that allegedly underrepresented their support.
