OTTAWA—The head of Canada’s Leaders’ Debate Commission wants to end post-debate question-and-answer sessions with reporters and lock in new rules that could exclude parties like the Greens from the debate stage.

Interim debate commissioner Michel Cormier discussed those recommendations with MPs at a House of Commons committee meeting on Thursday.

The commission is required to table a report within five months of an election and make recommendations for how to improve future debates.

In its most recent report, Cormier recommended an end to the post-debate scrums, in which journalists ask leaders questions, after this year’s scrums had to be cancelled over safety concerns.

The Green Party’s co-leader was disqualified from the debates at the last minute this year because of concerns the p

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