Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Pulls Out Of Election Debate

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks during an election campaign stop in Brampton, Ont., on Sept. 22, 2019.Carlos Osorio / Reuters

National Post: Munk Debates cancels foreign-policy event over Justin Trudeau no-show

The other three major party leaders had confirmed they would attend

TORONTO — Organizers of a foreign-policy election debate that was scheduled for next Tuesday have cancelled the event because Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau won’t participate.

Rudyard Griffiths, chair of the Munk Debates, said no one had a bigger impact on Canada’s foreign policy over the last four years than Trudeau.

“Regrettably, the prime minister’s refusal to attend our debate has denied Canadians the only real opportunity they had this election to see his foreign policy record challenged in a substantive and sustained fashion,” Griffiths wrote in a statement.

The other three major party leaders had confirmed they would attend.

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