Pick a lane: lessons from the first debates commission showdown

It is most certainly a step in the right direction to have a third-party body organize debates. However, hopefully they will learn some lessons after this first experience.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier are pictured arriving at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., for the English-language debate on Oct. 7. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 9, 2019

OTTAWA—Like all things Canadian, the intent of the Leaders' Debates Commission for its first-ever national leaders' debate in English was good, but the outcome was poor, for both viewers and participants. The commission tried to do too much and please everyone. You are always destined to struggle ...

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