Lawton presses debate commissioner over journalist access to leaders’ debates

Conservative MP Andrew Lawton pressed Canada’s debates commissioner on Thursday over workplace harassment safeguards and media accreditation rules, drawing on his own past experience.

Conservative MP Andrew Lawton pressed Canada’s debates commissioner on Thursday over workplace harassment safeguards and media accreditation rules, drawing on his own past experience as an independent journalist who successfully challenged the commission in Federal Court.

Michel Cormier, head of the Leaders’ Debates Commission, appeared before the House …