Sunday, August 2, 2015

The Choice Is Ours



And don't forget that the first leaders' debate is August 6. Hosted by Paul Wells,
it will be recorded in City’s Toronto studio and air live, commercial-free and with closed captioning, on City, OMNI.1, OMNI.2, and CPAC. It will also stream live at Macleans.ca, Citytv.com, CityNews.ca, OMNItv.ca, CPAC.ca, Facebook, YouTube, and on Rogers Radio stations at 680News.com, 570news.com, 660News.com, 1310News.com, News1130.com and News957.com.
Perhaps not as accessible as the consortium debates would have been, this will nonetheless be Canadians' first opportunity to see the federal combatants in the same arena. Whether it will be fairly moderated by Wells is another question entirely. Having read his book, The Longer I'm Prime Minister, I couldn't escape the impression that Wells has a rather deep admiration for Harper.

But I guess things could be worse. At least John Ibbitson won't be hosting it.
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  1. RuralAugust 2, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    And it must be pointed out the ONLY debate (at this point) in which all national leaders will be present........
    So much for "Fair" Elections!

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    1. LorneAugust 2, 2015 at 2:30 PM

      I am very disappointed, Rural, in Mulcair's apparent decision to give the consortium debate a pass if Stephen Harper continues his boycott of it. As well, there is no question that Elizabeth May should be part of all the debates.

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  2. LeDaroAugust 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    Lorne, as you probably know that Harper has refused to participate in debates on main networks such as CBC, CTV and Global. I suppose less the public knows about his blunders for the last ten years better it is. Very disturbing.

    I can understand that if Harper does not appear on these networks then Mulcair won't participate either. He being the leader of the opposition needs to question Harper. Same goes for the other 2 leaders - Liberals and Green.

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    1. LorneAugust 2, 2015 at 4:15 PM

      I have a feeling, LD, that because the debates Harper has agreed to participate in are not, strictly speaking, national ones, he is trying to do exactly what you suggest here, conceal as much of the truth as possible.

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  3. Owen GrayAugust 2, 2015 at 6:12 PM

    It's been a long time coming and it will be a long time going, Lorne. But at this point I'm making no predictions.

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    1. LorneAugust 2, 2015 at 8:40 PM

      It really is up in the air, Owen. I hope that people consider the implications of their vote.

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