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Green party leader, Elizabeth May, has not been invited to the election debate. The broadcast consortium that hosts the debate decided May is not welcomed. Marco Dube, consortium spokesperson, said the five broadcasters wanted to invite only the four parties in the House of Commons. With the support  of  a million Canadians across the country, the Green party has yet to elect an MP.

The Quebec government has taken a big step towards the possibility of submitting a bid for the Winter Olympics. The government has hired the architecture and design firm Populous to help prepare a prep bid.

Sam Hamad - the minister for Quebec City- says Populous knows what to do as they are very specialized in sports infrastructure. Populous has worked on the planning and design of almost every Olympics since ninety ninety six.

Hamad says the province is proceeding with the bid even though Quebec City has not made an official decision on whether they want to host the games.

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Stories by Joel Balsam, Sofia Gay, Aisha Samu and Dominique Daost.

Residents of Quebec will soon be encouraged to turn off their water taps. Quebecers use more water than any other province in Canada.

On Monday, the provincial government announced new rules to control this overconsumption. Towns in the province will have to measure their water consumption and come up with a plan to cut back.

The rules include installing equipment to detect and fix water leaks, using water meters, and submitting a yearly water report.

The Quebec government estimates this will reduce water production by 20 percent. This will save $2 billion over 20 years.

A plane crash was averted when the landing gear was deployed at the very last second Sunday. The front landing gear of a Bombardier aircraft did not deploy on the first landing. It was forced to try again. This time it worked. Only moments before the plane would have teetered on its nose in a crash.

Similar incidents have become alarmingly frequent with Bombardier airplanes across several continents. Incidents have multiplied over the last few months. Bombardier is investigating the developing landing-gear problems.

Erica Fisher and Joel Balsam spoke to both VP External hopefuls about the campaign so far and plans for next year. 

Georges Alexandar is the VP External & Campaigns candidate for the Action slate.

Chad Walcott is the VP External candidate for the Your Concordia slate.

Click below to hear from each candidate.