Eliminating Democracy in Ontario

Once again, the Greens have been left out of the leaders debate. This time, it's at the provincial level.

Frank de Jong, leader of the Green party, is unhappy that broadcasters have shut him out of the Sept. 20 TV debate with Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty, Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory and NDP Leader Howard Hampton.

De Jong says the networks have done a "huge disservice" to democracy in Ontario. As in the past, the broadcast consortium has restricted the debate to parties with seats in the Legislature.

While the Greens inability to appear at the debate is troubling for democracy, the real attack on democracy here is that the broadcast consortiums are shutting him out. Who runs politics in this province? I guess the TV networks do...