Here’s the trouble with PM’s debate plan
By not consulting the other parties on his nominee, the prime minister has essentially signalled that the government believes it has the discretion to appoint whoever suits its fancy to oversee the main events of the next federal campaign. That’s a precedent future prime ministers could be happy to replicate.
It is not necessary to doubt the independence of former governor-general David Johnston to find that the optics of his nomination as Canada’s first debates commissioner were less than optimal.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not consult the opposition parties on the choice of a debates referee ...
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