The head of Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission says the independent body should stop organizing post-debate news conferences and will make changes to how it decides what leaders to invite after this spring's leadership debate was surrounded by controversy.

Michel Cormier, the commission's executive director, appeared before a committee of MPs on Thursday to highlight recommendations from its recent report on the 2025 federal leadership debates.

The commission organized two leadership debates during the April federal election campaign. While Cormier said the debates themselves ran smoothly, he acknowledged a "perfect storm" of issues that created controversy around the events.

"I admit freely that there were shortcomings — and now our desire is to fix those problems," Cormier told the

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