Layton backs May’s participation in leaders debate

The Globe and Mail:

Jack Layton says he would like Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to take part in the election debate and wants the broadcast consortium that decides who is in and who is out to clarify its criteria.

“We would be fine with her being there and what we think is there needs to be some rules established,” Mr. Layton said on a campaign stop at a cabinet maker in Oshawa east of Toronto on Wednesday.

“Right now there’s no transparency,” he said. “There’s this closed-door decision making process. Canadians don’t know what this consortium is up to when it makes its decisions and we think it would be good if she were to be there.”

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