People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will not join five other political party leaders in the upcoming federal election debate, Leader’s Debates Commissioner David Johnson announced on Aug. 21. Bernier said in a statement he is “disappointed, but not surprised” to learn that he is not invited to the leaders’ debates. “I do not blame the commission, whose criteria were clear and objective. Rather, I blame the political establishment cartel, which refuses to debate the crucial issues we raise and has done everything to marginalize us since the founding of the PPC.” The party leaders taking part in the debate include the leaders of the Liberal Party, Conservative Party, Bloc Québécois, NDP, and the Green Party. The Leaders’ Debates Commission was created by an Order in Council on Oct. 29, 2018 as an independent public body responsible for organizing federal leaders’ debates. For a leader of a party to be eligible …
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