The Leader Debates: Action Guide

We won this one! Grass-roots public pressure forced the other leaders to reverse their stand. Congratulations! See links to news stories at http://cosbeygreen.blogspot.com/2008/09/leader-debates-win-for-grass-roots.html.

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What You Can Do - Summary

Sign a petition to pressure the Broadcast consortium to include Elizabeth May in the debates. Go to http://demanddemocraticdebates.ca/ to sign the petition.

Donate $10 TODAY to the Green Party at https://greenparty.ca/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=1&source=Main_Donate_Button Or $20, or whatever you can afford. The Green Party "will spend the money on the legal bills [they] will incur to mount [a] court challenge".

Phone, fax or email the party leaders who kept Elizabeth May out of the debate. See contact information in this blog entry.

Contact Jason MacDonald, Spokesperson for the Network Consortium. at: T (416) 482-1357, C (647) 205-4744, macdonald@veritascanada.com.

Tell your friends! Tell ALL your friends! Send them links to my blog entry: go to http://cosbeygreen.blogspot.com/2008/09/leader-debates-canadian-democracy-in.html and click the email icon at the bottom, or just copy the URL out of the address window. And/or: send links to whatever sites/pages you think will be most meaningful and informative to your friends.

Check out the action on Facebook: Join a group, check for other activity, organize events, share the information. Post the information in a comment to this blog entry, as well as elsewhere. Here are the largest 4 groups I found when I searched "Elizabeth May debates":

• Let The Green Party Debate! (784+ members)
• Allow The Green Party To Participate In The Canadian Election Debates (290+ members)
• Allow The Green Party of Canada A Voice In The Debates! (144+ members)
• LET THE GREEN PARTY DEBATE (140+ members)