Green Party Exclusion

Leader of the Green party Elizabeth May is fully ready to challenge the courts for the exclusion of the Green party in an upcoming televised debate, prior to the election. The four other party leaders all being men raises the question of a sexist decision. At least this is the way many people take this situation. May calls this decision which was made by her four political rivals and major broadcasting stations an "anti-democratic and sexist" decision. Leaders Jack Layton and Stephen Harper were two of the leaders who threatened to pull out of the debate if May was included. Stéphane Dion did not threaten to pull out because of May but he said that if Harper pulled out he would as well. A spokesman for Gilles Duceppe said that he would have participated in the debate regardless of May's attendance. When asked why they had made the decision to exclude May she was told that it was better to only include the Four major political parties and that it was in the interest of Canadians.

I believe that this was a very sexist and unjust decision made. I think that as long as she is a political leader there is no reason for her to be excluded from a debate. This raises a question of whether or not the other leaders are sexist, as well as many Television stations. However, I do think that regardless of her attendance the debate should still go on, it is an important part to the upcoming election and regardless of the decision to exclude her, what has been done is done, so May should move on and accept what has happened.

http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/495684