This article mainly made me consider whether or not televised debates between the leaders are key to the democratic process. I haven’t yet come to a conclusion on this question but if I conclude that they are I will be very much against the television networks having ungoverned, decision-making power over how the debates are run.
In respect to the Green party being banned, as long as the debates are privately run they have very little to back up their “rights” to be a part of the debates. Some may look back to Elizabeth May’s poor showing in the 2008 debates as reasoning for keeping her out of this one.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/no-election-debate-reprieve-for-elizabeth-may/article1966455/