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Canadians overwhelmingly want the Green party’s Elizabeth May to participate in future leaders’ debates during the federal election, a new poll for Postmedia shows.

Between now and Oct. 9, several leaders’ debates are scheduled or in the works, though it is not yet certain who will attend each. However, the Greens’ May, broadly thought to have performed strongly in the Maclean’s debate last week, is shut out of many.

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Asked whether they approve or disapprove of inviting May to future debates, 79 per cent of those polled signalled that May should be invited. Only 11 per cent disapproved.

“Obviously, people believe she belongs in debates, overwhelmingly so,” noted Quito Maggi, president of Mainstreet Research, which conducted the Aug. 10-11 poll.

May has appealed to debate hosts and other parties to include her in future debates. “Canadians will have a hard time understanding why Elizabeth May has not been invited to the Globe and Mail, Munk, and TVA debates, and they will demand to know why,” party spokesman Julian Morelli said in a statement last week.