The new approach to election debates strips off the national component and boutiques the process, bringing us one step closer to the neoliberalization of Canada's electoral process.
What matters in politics, in the run-up to elections? Not policies. I think people care about policies, just not during elections. What matters is the leader.
A few miles south of the campus arena in the Mile High City where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met in their first debate, Democracy Now! news hour expanded their gated debate.
In the first two weeks of this campaign, the three national leaders did their groundwork. In the debates, they tested their solutions against each other in an intense clash in front of the country.
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In Canadian politics these days, no time is a good time for thoroughly and vigorously debating the daunting critical issues that confront this country.