The debate about debates is debatable

National debates need competing viewpoints. This is really the only time when ordinary Canadians get an insider’s glimpse at what makes political parties tick. You don’t have to agree with any of them.

Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured at the Maclean's CityTV leaders' debate in Toronto on Sep. 12, 2019. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

September 23, 2019

OTTAWA—The debate about the debates is debatable. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was criticized for not attending the first televised debate organized by Maclean's magazine and CityTV. He will face more criticism next week as a likely no-show at the Munk Debates on Foreign Policy Oct. 1 ...

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