The ruling Conservative Party says it will not take part in debates hosted by the usual major broadcasters during the upcoming election campaign. Instead the party is looking at offers from other media groups ahead of the federal election slated for October 19th.
A Conservative party spokesman says it sees value in the debates but the proposal presented by the consortium of major broadcasters would exclude other media.
The party has already accepted an offer from TVA, a private French-language network, and another from Macleans/Rogers (representing a magazine and telecom company) for an English debate.
The conservatives would consider taking part in one more French debate and up to two more English ones.
The decision excludes the public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada and the major private networks CTV and Global which make up the major broadcasters’ consortium.
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