The Two Percent Solution

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"Canadians today draw their electoral information primarily from television, and then from newspapers and radio, and recently from the Internet. At the moment, the rules governing the regimes for free and paid broadcasting time make the two interdependent. Paid time determines free time. In practice, this method is to the disadvantage of small and new parties, because they do not have the resources of the well-established parties to pay for air time, with the result that they are given less free time as well." "The public broadcast of a debate held by several leaders of registered political parties is not a contribution to the parties but the provision of a service to the public." - Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Federal Chief Electoral Officer


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