PM’s decision to participate in fewer French election debates than English ‘absolutely unacceptable,’ says Trudeau

Conservative MP Peter Kent, a former journalist, says broadcast consortium doesn't have monopoly on televised federal election debates. 'We quibbled over format, we quibbled over set design, we quibbled over timing,' he says.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s agreement to take part in a federal election debate schedule that proposes to have fewer debates in French than in English is “absolutely unacceptable,” says Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

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