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
2013 until december 10, 2014, you served as emergency manager of detroit. Kevyn yes. Brian why did you take the job . Kevyn i have been asked that a lot of times. I was a restructuring professional. Detroit is 83 africanamerican, a city that had gone through several decades of decline. It was a city that needed restructuring. I initially was a little reluctant to take the job. I thought it would be difficult and i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Do not have anything to do with w
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
Announcer monday, on the communicators, author, kevin ashton. Why did the right brothers and what was the process they used . Why did they succeed where everyone else failed . The answer is they understood the problem they were trying to solve better than anyone else. At the end of the day, being creative is not about having ideas in the shower, or aha moments. It is about solving problems one step at a time. Understanding the problem of a piece of paper, the problem of balance, was the key for the on thatothers starting horse that led to them flying. Ashton, mondayn night, on the communicators. Senate on with the break, we will feature book tv on cspan2. At the end of the summer, look for two book tv programs. On saturday, we are live with the National Book festival. On sunday we have the live, indepth program with lynne cheney. Book tv on cspan2, television or serious readers. Announcer the british house of commons is in recess, so questions will not be shown tonight. Canadian Party