Canadian Challenge: Canadian Election Debate, or American Vice-Presidential Debate?

Amiel Blajchman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:13:42 +0000

Canadian political junkies are all busy programming their VCRs, Tivos, or getting all set up to Bittorrent tonight. Thanks to the vagaries of the Parliamentary process, there is a Canadian election called for October 14th. And, similar to the Presidential debates that have been, and will be happening, the leaders of Canada’s five major parties:

are participating in back to back French and English language debates (you can read coverage of the debates here). For those readers who are wondering, Canada is officially bilingual, and therefore the major party leaders have a debate in each official language prior to the election.

Canadian Green Party Leader in the Debates

Amiel Blajchman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:44:15 +0000

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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Canadian Challenge: Canadian Election Debate, or American Vice-Presidential Debate?

Canadian Green Party Leader in the Debates