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Afraid to debate Elizabeth May.

On Thursday, Elizabeth May revealed that the lawyer for the consortium of the five big broadcasters said they had excluded Elizabeth May for fear that the other leaders would boycott the debate.

Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe have now refused to debate Elizabeth.  They have declined a debate from an independent broadcaster.

The good news is that Channel Zero has agreed to do an exclusive interview with Elizabeth instead.  So you can get to hear what she has to say.

Live interview with Elizabeth May
Tonight: Sunday, 2011 April 10, 8pm
CHCH TV, chch.com     Read more »

Andrew Jackson, the chief economist of the Canadian Labour Congress, a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and lifelong NDP member, has declared that he may have to do a rethink.  As we have been saying, the Green Party platform is both bolder and more fair on the one hand, and more economical and efficient on the other.

Graham Saul, executive director of the Climate Action Network, has said:

this platform is the one that others will be measured against

The Pembina institute has issued strong support for the Green Party platform in a new analysis.

Today I signed up to be a pro-Internet candidate at OpenMedia.org. Openmedia.ca is a network of organizations and individuals that has initiated a campaign, “Vote for the Internet,” to stop the pay meter on our Internet and increase broadband access, competition, transparency, and choice.     Read more »