Green Options » debates http://greenoptions.com/tag/debates Posts tagged 'debates' Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Canadian Green Party Leader in the Debates http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:44:15 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/ So, it seems that raising a fuss, and threatening to go to court can pay results. As recounted earlier in this post, Elizabeth May, leader of the Canadian Green Party was being prevented from participating in the televised leader’s debate featuring leaders of Canadian political parties with sitting members of parliament. As of this afternoon, the broadcasters’ consortium has agreed to allow her to participate, and just as importantly, the other participants have agreed not to boycott.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/canadian-green-party-leader-in-the-debates/feed/ Canadian Green Party Leader Banned from Televised Debates http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:58:06 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/09/canadian-green-party-leader-banned-from-televised-debates/ Canada’s Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, is taking Canadian broadcasters to court over their decision to exclude her from the party leader debates ahead of Canada’s federal elections on October 14th. Canada’s media consortium decided to exclude her from the televised leader debates after the other participants supposedly threatened to boycott the debates if she was included.

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