Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, from left to right, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Green party Leader Elizabeth May and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pose for photos before the French-language leaders' debate in Montreal on September 24, 2015. Televised leaders' debates during the coming federal election campaign should be more accessible, more civil and more educational for voters trying to make an informed choice. That at least was the advice of some 45 individuals and groups consulted by David Johnston, the former governor general who heads up Canada's first-ever leaders' debates commission. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld