Green Party co-leader says removal from leaders' debates is 'undemocratic' ▶️
The stage will look different than originally planned Wednesday night, when Canada's major party leaders square off in the first of two nationally televised debates.
Instead of five podiums on the stage, there will now only be four.
The Green Party had its invitation rescinded less than 12 hours before the debate is set to start, with the Leaders' Debate Commission saying the party no longer met the criteria to be included.
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault called the "last minute decision" both "unfounded" and "undemocratic."
Federal government will not send Canada Post strike to arbitration, minister says
The federal government says it is not planning to intervene to resolve the labour dispute at Canada Post, even with less than a month to go before Christmas.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said sending the matter to binding arbitration "is not in the cards," even though he invoked that authority only a few weeks ago to resolve the ports dispute and a few months ago to resolve the rail dispute.