Green leader shut out of TV debates, again

OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has once again been excluded from the country's televised national leadership debates.The broadcast consortium of CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, Global and TVA, which is in charge of organizing the two televised debates, confirmed Tuesday that it has invited only the Conservative, Liberal, Bloc Quebecois and New Democrat leaders to participate, citing the Green Party’s lack of representation in the House of Commons.The television broadcasters initially excluded May from the debates during the 2008 federal election as well, saying three of the leaders had threatened to boycott if she participated. But that decision was reversed with...