Line your border with copies of Lair. That'll keep me out.

The NDP is opposed to crimes against humanity.

I'm happy that our election was called and will be over in a month rather than dealing with election crap for a year or more.

In all honesty, if I were an American I'd really prefer they disolve the whole fixed election date thing.

Not sure who I'll vote for yet, obviously depends on the various platforms they're all running on, though I don't particularly like the attack ads the Conservatives have been running on and off for the last few months.

If you are interested in having the Green party at the debates (without necessarily having an interest to vote for them, but just in the interest of having a democratically informed electorate) here is a petition you can sign:

http://letelizabethspeak.ca/

did anyone catch Harpers fruit comment the other day? i thought it was pretty funny

Congrats on getting in to the debate Greens. As a party fielding a candidate in every riding, I think they've got more of a right to be there than the Bloc does.

And to celebrate your victory, here are some congratulatory words by one of Canada's greatest environmental champions, David Suzuki.

Suzuki dreams of Greens' demise

Activist worries party makes environment seem like 'ghetto' issue

Just days into the election campaign, the climate change debate is veering onto the wrong track with suggestions that taking care of the environment could hurt the economy, says David Suzuki.

"Let's hope that the economy versus the environment (debate) will not continue, it's not either/or – without the environment there is no economy," Canada's most prominent environmentalist said.

But Suzuki also said he'd like to see the end of the one party that does put the environment at the centre of all its policies.

"I can't wait until there is no Green party," Suzuki said he told its leader Elizabeth May.

"As long as there's a Green party, the implication is that the Greens somehow have a stranglehold on this issue; they're the ones that worry about the environment so the other parties can worry about other things. I don't think it's a ghetto subject."

With Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's Green Shift carbon tax plan to raise taxes on pollution and lower taxes on income – which Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper says will hurt the economy – and May's fight to be included in the televised leaders' debate, the environment has received early attention in this election.

But as the campaign progresses it's up to voters to keep environmental issues from being pushed aside by fiscal fears, Suzuki said.

Part of the battle is educating voters and politicians alike that protecting nature isn't just a nice thing to do, but it produces real economic benefit, Suzuki said at Queen's Park, where his foundation released a report doing just that.

The province's greenbelt, a 728,000-hectare area of protected land in southern Ontario, provides $2.6 billion annually worth of ecological services including water filtration, flood control, waste treatment and wildlife habitat, according to the David Suzuki Foundation report.

"We have to put the 'eco' back into economics, and recognize that nature has all of these services that we've failed to value," he said.

While Suzuki urged voters to get involved in the election, he stopped short of telling them which party to vote for, saying his foundation relies on its charitable status and so can't endorse political candidates.

http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/496458

I really don't like David Suzuki and I think his hypocritical "Environmentalism" which focuses on the medevil concept of a 'tariff penance' rather than actually practicing what you preach is awful ... Realistically, I suspect that David Suzuki really dislikes the Green Party because they split the "Green" vote.

here is a video of the fruit comment.

I just received an email from the Green Party informing me that thanks to me (and others who signed the petition, but in a lesser way ;) ), The Green Party will be participating in the debates.

"Thank You!

Dear Green Party Supporter,

I am writing to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting my campaign to be included in the televised leaders' debates.

Because of you and countless thousands like you who donated money and deluged the airwaves, the Internet, newspaper letters columns and politicians' inboxes with a national outpouring of outrage, the broadcasters have now reversed their decision to exclude the Green Party.

I am both humbled and inspired by what I have witnessed in the past few days – the exhilarating spectacle of Canadians rising up to protest a blatant injustice.

Your victory isn't just a victory for the Green Party, it's a victory for democracy and for the fundamental Canadian values of equality and fairness.

Thank you again for standing up for democracy.


Elizabeth May, O.C."

News source confirmation:
http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=89412&issue=09112008

anyone see the vid with elizabeth may calling canadians stupid??