Canada

People are right to wonder at this refusal why these particular candidates (and former candidates, such as the letter writer) seem so keen to justify their sudden departure from a longstanding democratic tradition.

Wednesday night’s debate in French marked the last of the formal, party-organized debates for the Conservative leadership. But that shouldn’t stop these candidates from getting on a public stage again.

The six candidates vying for the Conservative Party's top job sparred in the last official debate of the leadership campaign on Wednesday — clashing over everything from the trucker convoy to bitcoin and tax cuts in a fiery matchup in a Laval, Que., banquet hall.

Candidates competing to lead the federal Conservatives squared off over contentious language laws, immigration, inflation and the trucker convoy in the race’s only French-language debate Wednesday night.

With only one candidate expected to show up, a televised debate showcasing Hamilton Centre provincial election hopefuls has been cancelled.

The Haldimand mayor has been a no-show at three all-candidates meetings and has ducked numerous media requests for interviews.

Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade has made a plea to the English-language media consortium to reschedule its election debate, writing in a Friday letter that such events are "essential" to democracy.

Newmarket-Aurora Progressive Conservative candidate Dawn Gallagher Murphy, who is hoping to replace departing incumbent Health Minister Christine Elliott, did not attend the debate due to a “scheduling conflict."

Why do we have leaders’ debates?

Candidates so deferential to their bosses, so willing to short-change the people of their ridings, are a discredit to democracy and an embarrassment to themselves.

Two nurses were injured while protesting outside the provincial election debate on Monday, a provincial health care worker union said.

Ontario’s four main party leaders were relatively civil as they sparred at Monday night’s televised election debate in Toronto.