OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada says it’s going to court to challenge the Leaders’ Debates Commission’s decision to drop the party from this year’s election debates.
In a news release issued Thursday, the party calls the decision “unfair.”
When it made its decision, the commission said the Green party had not met the bar by fulfilling two of three conditions for participation: having candidates in 90 per cent of ridings, polling at four per cent support 28 days before election day and having at least one sitting MP at dissolution.
Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May said this was a “misunderstanding” and rejected the claim that her party had made a “strategic decision” not to nominate candidates in certain ridings.
In its Federal Court submission seeking judicial review of the decision, the Green party says it wants the court to declare that the commission violated principles of procedural fairness and that the decision was unreasonable.
The commission came under fire over several controversial calls during debate week — including its decision to change the start time of the French debate due to a hockey game and its cancellation of scrums with reporters after the English language debate.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 24, 2025.
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