OTTAWA — The federal Leaders’ Debate Commission says it has reached a settlement with the Green Party after the party vowed to challenge its removal from the spring election debates. The commission rescinded an invitation back in April for Jonathan Pedneault, then co-leader of the Greens, to appear at a pair of leaders’ debates in Montreal. The commission said at the time that it made the decision because the Green Party was not running candidates in the necessary number of ridings. The debates commission cited the decision to reduce the number of Green candidates “for strategic reasons” in its explanation for withdrawing Pedneault’s invitation. May said that while she supports the debate commission in principle, it did not have a “good showing” in this last election.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2025 21:36 UTC