Project of reform. Mr. Trudeau doesnt want to have a referendum on reform. Stephen harper wants in he once any change to go through a reform process. Mr. Harper we have a westminster system. Voters are able to elect governments, not coalitions later. Canadians this has come up before. It was the subject of a referendum in ontario and Prince Edward island. I have not found canadians who want to make this change. In fact, when asked, they reject it. Lets play under the rules. Mr. Wells when he brought in his unfair elections act, he refused to talk to canadians. We stood up strong and opposed it. We shut down travel by parliamentarian committees. We used every tool to stop him from walking away. He has made it harder for whole classes of canadians to vote. That is not just our opinion. All of the experts who have looked at his unfair elections act has said the same thing have said the same thing. Mr. Harper, if you have become such a keen fan making sure no single party can change the ru
Macarthur. Sunday night at nine with elections coming in october, we will show you a debate among the four National Party leaders in canada. Charles murray argues through the use of technology we can reigned in the power of the federal government. Susan talks about the city and people of nagasaki japan from the morning it was bombed on august 9 two today. We commemorate the 70 a anniversary of the bombing of nagasaki japan and the end of the war in pacific. Later we will visit the American University atomic bomb exhibit with the University Director of studies area our coverage continues with the 2000 documentary on the making of the atomic bomb. Later interviews with two bomb survivors. Get a complete schedule at cspan. Org. Leaders of four canadian Political Parties participated in a debate last night hosted by macleans magazine in toronto. The election for the house of commons is scheduled for october 19. This is about two hours. Mr. Wells the Longest Election Campaign in modern cana
Senate down. Those will force most provinces, almost all of them who have opposed Senate Elections and reform, to come clean with that and explain why the senators are not being elected. Why the will not abolish. Time, public pressure will force this issue to be resolved. Frankly, the longer there are vacancies, it will raise questions about why we continue with the senate we do. One good way to come up for ideas is to meet with the trust issues . No, there is nowhere near agreement on reform or revelation and i think opening up the state departments decisions is a wrong priority. If the provinces believe the senate should be fixed, tell us how, they opposed that. Thank you, mr. Har harper. Well paul, you could say there are broken promises and broken promises. Mr. Harper, promised he would never name an appointed senator. He has gone on to break a record naming 59. The list of conservative senators under Investigation Continues to grow. I am looking for a mandate on october 19th to pu
History. Mr. Wells the Longest Election Campaign in modern canadian history has begun. Good evening, im paul wells, the Political Editor of macleans magazine. Im excited about this as you are. We have the leaders of four National Political parties together in one room. We dont know whether that will happen again before you vote. I dont think they know. While they are here, lets make them work. In tleaders are just injure rudeau, elizabeth may, tom harper. And steven tonights debate will cover four broad subjects at the top of voters minds the economy, energy and the environment, the state of canadas democracy, in Foreign Policy and security. Each segment will begin with questions forom me. Another leader will respond, followed by an extended discussion among all the leaders. We will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. We drew lots to determine the speaking order. Everybody here knows that order, but nobody in any of the parties have seen or heard the questions
Discussion among all the leaders. We will go through that process twice for each of our four subjects. We drew lots to determine the speaking order. Everybody here knows that order, but nobody in any of the parties have seen or heard the questions i will be asking tonight. The parties have agreed that at any point i can intervene to direct conversation. Lets begin with our first topic, the economy. This is one subject on everybodys mind as the election approaches, the economy. We have dangerous economic wind flowing in canada. The countrys Economic Health is shaky. We are coming out of a mild recession. Oil prices have slumped, exports are weak. What is ottawas proper role in the canada . Thats the context of our discussion. Mr. Wells as the luck of the draw would have it, the first question goes to the liberal leader, justin trudea. Mr. Trudeau good evening. Mr. Wells canadians are feeling anxious about the economy. Manufacturing is hurting. The price of oil is down. Your economic pla