Green Party Settles With Commission Over Federal Leaders’ Debate Exclusion

Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (R), and Jonathan Pedneault, then her co-leader, speak to supporters as they launch their election campaign in Montreal on March 23, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi

The federal Leaders’ Debate Commission says it has settled with the Green Party after the party vowed to challenge its removal from the spring election debates.

The commission rescinded an invitation back in April for Jonathan Pedneault, then co-leader of the Greens, to appear at a pair of leaders’ debates in Montreal.