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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Obviously there is tipping point where you should allowed into the debates. We don't want the Marxist-Leninist party in the debates. However, there have been various criteria thrown around - % support in the last election, having an MP, etc.... all of which the Green Party have met. But with each election, that bar moves. The latest criteria that has been thrown out is "agreement from the other parties" (3 parties said no, 1 said yes). That criteria makes no sense whatsoever... if there is a new, growing party that is pulling votes away from, say, the NDP why the heck would the NDP agree to have them in the debate? That's the stupidest criteria to date.
I think the networks have to put a firm list of criteria out and stop moving that bar. Something like "8% of the popular vote in last election & one ELECTED MP". That way it is clear to everyone where the bar is and it is the same for every party. I can see why the Greens are upset since they are given a different excuse every election.
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Reform was only allowed in after Deb Grey was ELECTED as Reform's first MP. Moving an Independent across the House without a by-election isn't the same. Keep the Greens out.