[fvc-wat-disc] letter to the editor

[Donald Fraser]

Great point .. to exclude the Greens is to exclude the Planet

On 9 May 2018 at 03:26, Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l at russwurm.org> wrote:

> I used the Fair Vote"write a letter to the editor" tool to write the
> following letter to the Record.  They called yesterday morning to get a
> confirmation that I'd written it so they can consider it.  In my experience
> that usually means they're going to publish it.
>
>
> Elections Ontario only requires a party to win 2% of the vote to qualify
> for the per vote subsidy.  2% doesn't sound like a lot but it is.  In the
> last Ontario election the Green Party won 4.84% of the votes cast.  That
> was 233,269 votes: nothing to sneeze at.
>
> If the lack of a seat in the legislature is the criteria the TV Consortium
> is using to exclude Mike Schreiner from the televised leadership debates,
> it hardly seems fair to include Mr Ford.  After all, he has never even run
> in a provincial election, much less won a seat.
>
> The idea that either Party Leader should be excluded from the leadership
> debate is ludicrous.  There are all sorts of reasons both Mike Shreiner and
> Doug Ford should be included in the Leadership debates.
>
> But the most important reason is because people-- voters-- deserve the
> opportunity to know who and what we are voting for.
>
> Regards,
> Laurel Russwurm
>
>
> Here is the link to the Fair Vote Letter Writing Tool
> https://www.fairvote.ca/lettertoeditordebates/
>
>
> They also have a handy "email the consortium" tool:
> https://www.fairvote.ca/mediaconsortium/
>
>
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