Feds should appoint ‘eminent person’ to head Leaders’ Debates Commission, says Green Leader May

The independent body has been without a commissioner for two years and is on its final year of approved funding.

Liberal and Conservative Party supporters gather outside the federal leaders' debate venue in Montreal on April 17. Green Leader Elizabeth May says she's 'very concerned' about the future of the Leaders’ Debates Commission.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS

July 10, 2025

The body responsible for organizing leaders’ debates during an election has a $3.5-million budget for 2025-26, but no set funding for the next federal contest, and remains without a commissioner after two years.

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