The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is adding a third leadership debate in August after launching a survey last week to gauge the interest of its members.
The decision to add a debate was made on July 20 by the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC).
A party spokesperson said that 24,000 members responded to the survey and were “overwhelmingly” in favour of having a third official debate.
LEOC Chair Ian Brodie sent an email to members on July 15 explaining that this third potential debate would be geared towards members who recently signed up since the two previous debates in May were held before the sign-up deadline of early June….