After taking part in many leaders’ debates during the 2015 federal election campaign, I may be in a unique position to comment on the Liberals’ refusal to participate in the now-cancelled TVA French debate.
When Canada’s main private French network said it wanted help in paying for its “Face à Face” leaders’ debate, there were some raised eyebrows. (Full disclosure: I work at TVA and its all-news channel, LCN).
TVA requested $75,000 from each of the four parties (the Greens have always been excluded from these debates for lack of any seats in Quebec).
Poilievre says he’ll pay broadcaster’s $75,000 fee for Carney if he’ll join French debate
