A spokeswoman for the group told the Citizen that because no agreement has been reached with the parties, the broadcasters – which include CBC, CTV and Global News – “are currently planning to proceed with regularly scheduled programming.”

Although the Conservatives very publicly rejected the broadcasters’ proposal last May, both the Liberals and the New Democrats had initially agreed to take part in the planned debate, which would have been simulcast on all major Canadian television networks.

But in August, the New Democrats announced that Tom Mulcair would only show up for debates in which Stephen Harper was slated to participate, effectively dooming the consortium event.