Next weeks debates.

[wellandboy]

With final debates are slated for next week, what do you see as the various strategies to take each party into the home stretch?

[tml12]

With final debates are slated for next week, what do you see as the various strategies to take each party into the home stretch?

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I will try not to be partisan...

Bloc: Defend the interests of Quebec in Ottawa, do not talk much about separation, emphasize Liberal corruption and what the Bloc has acheived for Quebec in Ottawa.

Liberals: Do not talk about scandal, focus on the economy, and try to focus on one issue instead of being spread out all over with many different things. Make Martin seem attractive.

NDP: Focus on the various things on the left that your party has accomplished. Attack Harper because NDP can really get more done with a Liberal government.

Conservatives: Focus on honesty and integrity, let voters know that the Liberals have lost the moral authority to govern, emphasize the positive proposals that the party supports, environmental issues, defense issues, relationship with the Americans that have faulted under Liberal hatred, make Harper seem attractive.

[Slim MacSquinty]

What is the best way for harper to counter the SSM attack?

[tml12]

What is the best way for harper to counter the SSM attack?

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I don't think he should bring up SSM. Personally, I don't support SSM because for me, marriage is a religious institution.

[shoop]

All he can do is respond the way he did in the first debate.

No reason to bring it up, and the only time to respond directly is if it is a question from the moderator. Don't get sucked in by the other leader's attacks.

Supposedly there will be more chance for give and take in this debate.

What is the best way for harper to counter the SSM attack?

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[betsy]

With final debates are slated for next week, what do you see as the various strategies to take each party into the home stretch?

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Also from Mike Duffy Count Down last night.

A radio announcer from Quebec said that if Harper will say what Mulroney said....he believe that Harper will get a lot of support in Quebec. He said that there is definitely movement towards the Conservative side.

I think Mulroney said something like this: "I need your help." or something along that line.

Then a radio announcer from Toronto agreed...saying if he gets a lot of support from Quebec, he'll then get a lot of support from Ontario.

[The Honest Politician]

What is the best way for harper to counter the SSM attack?

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Give Gilles Ducceppe A big wet Kiss instead of shaking hands.

[Kiraly]

Considering the latest pollng results, I think you will see Harper become the focus of attack from the other three leaders.

[Chronic]

I hope I'm not putting this in the wrong area.

As I hope you all know a Federal Election is coming up on Jan 23.

There is one more Leaders Debate scheduled on Monday.

There is a petition collecting signatures to stop the TV executives from being the ones who decide who is allowed in the debates. Right now for a party to be recognized as an official federal party, they must get at least 2% of the popular vote. Once this happens they recieve funding from taxes and are regarded as an offical party.

At this point in time they should be being included in all Federal Political Events. That isnt the way it works though when it comes to the televised debates. Regardless of the criteria already set out for federal parties, the television executives arbritarily decide who can be invloved. Which means that they are subverting the federal election process if they follow any guidelines except the established governmental regulations.

For a brief refresher (or maybe new knowledge) there are 308 ridings across canada. In the last election only four parties ran a candidate in every riding. To me this is important, because if you wish to be a federal party that represents the whole country, shouldn't you have represenatives across the whole country? The four parties were; the Liberals, Conservatives, N.D.P. and The Green Party.

The following link is to a petetion at the Green Parties website. This has nothing to do with any poll or survey, and it is not about supporting the Green Party. It is about allowing the democratic principles that our country is about to work as they were meant to.

Nowhere does it say that televion executives should have the power to decide who has access to the leaders debates.

By monday's scheduled debate, we need to collect another 10,000 canadian signatures.

Just ask yourself this, wouldnt you at least like to see the leader of the Green Party have a chance to say his peace, especially considering a couple of million tax dollars went to them since the last election?

Here's the link

http://www.info-greenparty.ca/petition/

Let's let the democratic process work without hinderance from the television executives.

Tom Adshead