Debate Schedule

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The Broadcasters' Consortium - Leaders' Debates in Ottawa June 14 and 15

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What about the Greens?

I wish there'd be backlash.

But there won't be.

Seriously, I'd like to hear what they gotta say.

What do Canadians do when we want to say 'none of the above'?

(See: 1855 (reform) 1921 (progressives), 1935 (CCF), 1987(reform), 1988(BQ) )

We say, GIVE ME ANOTHER PARTY!!!

Might be time to introduce new parties both on the Right and the Left.

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Who decides these things?

I saw Jack Layton on TV yesterday and he was receptive to the Greens joining the debate.

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Attention News Editors:

The Broadcasters' Consortium - The Road to the Debates: Additional Information

MONTREAL, May 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The Broadcasters' Consortium - CBC's

English and French networks, CTV, Global and TVA - wish to provide some

additional information on the proceedings that will take place over the next

few weeks in preparation for the leaders' debates to be held in Ottawa on June

14 and 15.

On Monday, June 7, representatives of the parties will be advised of the

names of the moderators and journalists who will be assigned to the debates.

They will also receive a list of nine general topics of discussion, four of

which will be selected later for the actual debates. The same topics will

apply to the French and English debates. It is also on June 7 that the

Consortium will make public the formula of the debates and officially announce

the names of the moderators and journalists.

The draw to determine the order of the opening and closing statements of

the leaders, as well as their presentations in each segment will take place on

Thursday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Representatives of the parties and the networks will be in attendance. The

press will be invited. Further details are forthcoming.

As announced, Party leaders Paul Martin (Liberal Party of Canada),

Stephen Harper (Conservative Party of Canada), Gilles Duceppe (Bloc québécois)

and Jack Layton (New Democratic Party) will debate in French on Monday June 14

and in English on Tuesday June 15, from 8 to 10 p.m. (EDT).

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Question: After Duceppe, who is more fluent in French, Martin or Layton?

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I would put them:

Duceppe

Martin

Layton

Harper

PM PM speaks French well.

The few times I've heard him, Layton is much better than I expected. He has a distinct Quebecois accent. I suspect his vocabulary is poor.

Harper can communicate in French but his accent and sentence structure are truly grating after a while.

Of course it is one thing to speak a llanguage and another thing to say things in a delightful way. None of the four would likely come up with "Le Québec n'est pas à vendre. On ne fera pas le trottoir pour un bout de chiffon rouge." although Duceppe might.