CHCH-TV invites party leaders, broadcasters, to its "complete" debate

TORONTO – Independent broadcaster Channel Zero is so “offended” by the broadcaster consortium’s decision to exclude Green Party leader Elizabeth May from its leaders’ debate, that it has issued an invitation to all five party leaders to participate in its own nationally televised debate.“Clearly, this type of behaviour illustrates one of the real dangers of media ownership concentration that we have witnessed recently in Canada”, said Channel Zero president, Cal Millar, in a statement on Thursday. “Democracy demands that the media simply relay the parties’ positions without attempting to control the message. Excluding the leader of a party that garnered 1 out...