Debate Commission Of Canada

The minister also took the opportunity to announce the government s nominee for canada s first debates commissioner the right honourable david johnston.

Debate commission of canada. But there are worrying currents in societies around the world including canada. The leaders debates commission will make the debates a more predictable reliable and stable element of federal election campaigns. Part of the commission s mandate is to advance the public interest by ensuring that the national debates are as. The leaders debates commission is the independent canadian government agency charged with organizing two debates one in english and one in french between the leaders of eligible political parties during the 2019 canadian federal election.

The mandate of the 2019 leaders debates commission was twofold. In 2018 canada became a distruster nation for the first time in the history of the two decade old edelman trust survey meaning a majority of the population did not trust government or media for public policy and news. First organize two leaders debates for the 2019 federal general election one in each official language. On october 30 2018 the government of canada announced that it will establish an independent commission to organize leaders debates.

Second prepare a report to parliament following the 2019 debates outlining findings lessons learned and recommendations.