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With the leaders debates now over, one result is clear: Elizabeth May, as leader of the Green Party, should have been a debater.

Why? Not just to include a woman among all the men, although, as a former human-rights commissioner, I find that an acceptable reason. It’s just not the only reason, because there are at least three others that made her exclusion a national injustice.

Read the whole Globe and Mail article by former Parliamentarian and former Human-Rights Commissioner Reginald Stackhouse.

The Greens of course!

Update:  You can watch the debate here.

From today’s press release:

TORONTO, ONTARIO, MEDIA ADVISORY–(Marketwire – April 19, 2011) – The Green Party’s candidate in Toronto-Danforth, Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, will speak to the people of the riding in an all-candidates debate on Thursday, April 28, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

As of today, the debate will also include Marie Crawford, Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada, and Andrew Lang, Liberal Party of Canada. The NDP’s Jack Layton has not yet responded to the invitation and Conservative candidate, Katarina von Koenig declined to participate.

The debate will be held at the United Church on the north-west corner of Pape and O’Connor.

I recently received the following question from John S, and similar questions from a few others.  The discussion continues in the comments.

Hi Adriana,

Would be interested to know why the “green”  party keeps delivering paper flyers to my home, ignoring the “no junk, no drop-offs” sign right beside my mail slot (AND the lawn sign for another candidate!)?  Your material comes with a several other pieces of junk mail I don’t want.     Read more »

I have been wanting to comment for days on the appalling response to flooding in First Nations communities.  Apparently the election is getting in the way of what was always an inadequate response.