Originally posted by Tharzon
I don't see how "only the parties who actually contribute to the functioning of the legislative process of Canada ought to have their views on the legislative process of Canada in the future heard in a major national televised debate" is the massive affront to democracy that May and the Green party want it to be.
The affront to democracy is allowing those who have a vested interest in keeping out new parties(the established parties) decide who should be participating. If the networks had decided on their own accord to keep the Green Party out, I'd have far less of a problem with it. That's not what happened though. What happened was the established parties threw their weight around in order to keep out a potential competitor and I find that unacceptable.