A third debate is in the works for the Conservative leadership race. Race organizers decided to green light a final faceoff in a meeting late Wednesday night.
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In a tweet Thursday morning, the party said 24,000 members responded to the survey, voting 65 per cent in favour of another event.The party has around 675,000 members eligible to vote in the contest, with final numbers expected to be released by month’s end. Candidates Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber and Jean Charest had been publicly in support of getting another chance to face the members, but two — Leslyn Lewis and Pierre Poilievre — have been lukewarm to the idea.
Others felt a debate at this stage of the race wouldn’t materially shift people’s choices. Thousands of ballots have already been sent back in.
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