Retiring long-time Conservative MP criticizes party for nomination interference in B.C. riding

OTTAWA — The committee overseeing the federal leaders’ debates has disinvited the Green party from the proceedings in a surprise last-minute ruling. The Leaders’ Debates Commission said in a Thursday morning press release explaining the decision that the Greens aren’t running enough candidates to be a factor in the election. “The Commission’s mandate is to design debates that are ‘effective, informative, and compelling and benefit from the participation of the leaders who have the greatest likelihood of becoming Prime Minister or whose political parties have the greatest likelihood of...