'It's up to the Liberal government': Scheer pressed on whether Bernier should be at the debates

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'It's up to the Liberal government': Scheer pressed on whether Bernier should be at the debates

Patrick Rail CTVNews.ca Digital Content Editor

Published Monday, September 23, 2019 11:49AM EDT

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was noncommittal when asked if Maxime Bernier should be allowed to participate in debates organized by the Leaders' Debates Commission, after a report alleging a former neo-Nazi was among the People's Party of Canada signatories.

Scheer says it's "up to the Liberal government to explain the criteria" because they "established the debate commission."

Scheer was asked the question during an announcement in Woodbridge, Ont.