What if legislation were to legislate an independent commission or commissioner to create a framework with maybe a more flexible, loose mandate that there had to be one debate, at least one debate in each official language, and maybe some parameters, but leaving room for flexibility and for the commission to decide, through an arm's-length process, how these debates would be conducted? They would then negotiate with moderators, media, and other stakeholders as to how the debates would take place and when and where.
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