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The Green Party has released their first television ad of the election.

Tags: 2008 federal election, Elizabeth May, Green Party, political advertising

The media consortium that produces the televised leaders’ debates reversed yesterday’s decision and announced it will allow the Green Party to attend the debates on October 1st and 2nd.

The change comes after the NDP and Conservatives bowed to public pressure and withdrew their threats to boycott the debates if May attends. The Conservatives, NDP and Bloc argue the Green Party should be excluded from debates because Elizabeth May has publicly endorsed Stéphane Dion and other Liberal candidates in the election.

Stéphane Dion has supported including May in the debates since the two parties formed an alliance last year.

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Tags: 2008 federal election, Elizabeth May, Green Party, leaders debate, Liberal-Green alliance

The media consortium that produces the televised leaders’ debates says Green Party leader Elizabeth May will not be invited to the debates in October.

The media consortium implied one or more political parties threatened to boycott the debates if the Green Party were included.

The Conservatives, NDP and Bloc all oppose including the Green Party in the debates, saying Elizabeth May is a Liberal proxy because she has endorsed Stéphane Dion and other Liberal candidates in the election.

The Liberal Party has advocated in favour of including the Green Party since the two parties formed an alliance last year.

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Tags: 2008 federal election, Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, Green Party, Jack Layton, leaders debate, Liberal-Green alliance, Stéphane Dion, Stephen Harper

Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she should be included in the televised leaders’ debates during the upcoming federal election.

May argues the Green Party has earned the right to be included in the debates now that Blair Wilson, a sitting Member of Parliament, has crossed the floor and joined the party.

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Tags: 2008 federal election, Blair Wilson, Elizabeth May, Green Party, leaders debate, Liberal-Green alliance

The Conservative Party raised more money in 2007 than all the other political parties combined, according to data released by Elections Canada. The Conservatives earned 62% of the fundraising dollars, while the Liberal Party raised 18%.

For the first time, more people donated money to the NDP than to the Liberal Party.

Contributions to Political Parties
(2007, Elections Canada)

The government’s Accountability Act came into effect on January 1, 2007 and imposed new limits on political donations that forbids political donations from corporations, trade unions, associations and other groups.

Now only individual Canadians to contribute, and only up to a limit of $1100 per person, per calendar year to each registered political party.

The new fund raising rules have proven to be a challenge for the Liberal Party whose finances heavily relied on large donations from corporations, trade unions and special interest groups.

Tags: Bloc Québécois, Conservative Party, democratic reform, fundraising, Green Party, Liberal Party, NDP

May 28 to June 8, 2007 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes Canada’s climate change plan to the G-8 meeting in Berlin, saying it can be an example to other nations of how a country can reduce greenhouse gases outside the Kyoto framework.

Harper pressed for an inclusive approach that would allow nations currently without Kyoto targets, who together produce 70% of the world’s greenhouse gases, to participate in an international agreement in the post-Kyoto round of negotiations.

Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, NDP leader Jack Layton, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, environmentalist David Suzuki continue their opposition to the government’s plan, saying Canada must meet its Kyoto targets beginning 2008.

Leaders at the G-8 agreed for the first time to work toward absolute cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.

Tags: Angela Merkel, climate change, David Suzuki, Elizabeth May, environment, G-8, Germany, Green Party, greenhouse gas, Jack Layton, Kyoto Accord, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Stéphane Dion, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day