By PETER DESBARATS
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Last year in September on this page, as Ontario party leaders gathered in Toronto for their televised leaders' debate, I supported the Green Party's demand to be included in the debate, and castigated the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for refusing to confront both the antiquated closed-door system of organizing this debate, and that system's undemocratic consequences. Only immediate action, I warned, would ''avoid a repetition at the federal election expected in the near future."
Note: Globe Article
Stumble It!
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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?
"The greatest price of not participating in politics is being governed by your inferiors." Plato
They might tell the truth, and then they wouldn't get any votes.
Can't have that !
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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca
The only way that we will be recognized is if we come together Nationalists and progressives creating large amount of public support. I can't imagine someone sitting through a debate of 10 leaders from various parties standing on a stage basically saying the same thing accept for a few issues particular to that party. You would need at least 4 hours of debate time to make it worth while.
If we want to be in the major party game then lets create that One Big party.