Ottawa

BTC: Your government talking points

On whether Elizabeth May should now be included in the leadership debates.

“Our view is that there should only be one Liberal candidate in the leaders’ debate. We have an electoral agreement between Mr. Dion and Ms. May, an agreement for co-operation, and she has personally stated that he is her choice for prime minister. So Mr. Dion must stand on his own in the debates. Either Ms. May is in the debate or Mr. Dion is in the debate. But they can’t have both.”

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