Government commitment
Completed - fully metFair and Open GovernmentCycle 2015· status updated Mar 22, 2019
Bring forward options to create an independent commissioner to organize political party leaders' debates.
Mandated to: Minister of Democratic Institutions
What success looks like
Bring forward options to create an independent commissioner to organize political party leaders' debates.
Government's narrative on progress
In October 2018, the Minister of Democratic Institutions announced the creation of an independent Leaders' Debates Commission, mandated to organize two leaders' debates - one in each official language - for the 2019 federal general election.
Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.