Green Party calls for ban on pre-election "TV attack ads"

OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling for an end to what it calls “TV attack ads” in Canada in order to facilitate “open, fair and participatory” election campaigns.Referring to the elections in the U.S. held earlier this week, party leader Elizabeth May said that Canada should ban the use of television for political advertising before and during the writ periods."We recognize that our own political culture is increasingly being contaminated by the same kind of poisonous manipulation seen in the U.S.”, May said Tuesday in a statement. “Before Canadians next go to the polls, we want to...