Just a note for future elections: Debates count. A lot! Far more than most people realize. And the most recent poll by Signal / Toronto Star shows that even debates designed to avoid having millions of Canadians watch them, as our recent series were, count. Here’s a snapshot of voting
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CuriosityCat: Election 2015: The Dramatic Tale of the Debates
And the needle even moved in Tory Fortress Alberta – Justin moved ahead of Mulcair with the first debate, and kept increasing the gap:
CuriosityCat: How Trudeau can remove the debate veto imposed by Harper and Mulcair
Possible debaters So Mulcair has decided he will only debate if the prime minister is debating? And Harper has decided not to debate in a forum that would attract the widest public viewership. This leaves the Liberals twisting in the wind. Or does it? One of the secrets of martial
Continue readingCuriosityCat: You gotta love those Brits!
The Gladiators prepare … Prime Minister Cameron, facing requests for three televised debates before the May election, is dodging and weaving, having calculated that he has more to lose than to gain by debating three or more other opponents. Voters tend to favour him over his main contender, who is
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