Today, the Liberal Party of Canada announced the format that is to be used for its leadership debates, the premier of which is to take place on Saturday (and can be viewed on CPAC). The Northern and Western Forum is scheduled to be hosted at the University of Manitoba, and eleven persons have been authorized to participate.
Each member is going to have two minutes to make an opening statement; the order of persons making statements is to be determined beforehand by some sort of draw.
Second Segment
During the second segment, each member is going to be asked one question from an audience member, and one question from the moderator of the fora, Glenn O'Farrell, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. The participant is to have ninety seconds to address either, or both, of the questions. The themes on which the questions are going to be based are economic, international, regional and social policy issues.
Third Segment
Once the third segment begins, participants are going to be pitted against each other in four one-on-one debates, and one three-person debate; the one-on-one debates are to have durations of five minutes each, and the last three-person debate is to last for seven-and-a-half minutes. The composition of each group of participants is going to be determined by a random draw to occur as the segment proceeds.
This format is to be used for the Northern and Western Forum, and the next forum, at l'Université de Moncton; the format is to be reviewed and revised, if necessary, after these two fora have concluded, in ancticipation for the remaining three fora to take place in the days and weeks afterward.
- The Honourable Carolyn Bennet, P.C., M.P.;
- The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua, P.C., M.P.;
- The Honourable Scott Brison, P.C., M.P.;
- The Honourable Stéphane Dion, P.C., M.P.;
- The Honourable Ken Dryden, P.C., M.P.;
- The Honourable Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P.;
- Ms. Martha Findlay;
- Michael Ignatieff, M.P.;
- Mr. Gerard Kennedy;
- The Honourable Bob Rae, P.C., O.C.;
- The Honourable Joseph Volpe, P.C., M.P.
Each member is going to have two minutes to make an opening statement; the order of persons making statements is to be determined beforehand by some sort of draw.
Second Segment
During the second segment, each member is going to be asked one question from an audience member, and one question from the moderator of the fora, Glenn O'Farrell, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. The participant is to have ninety seconds to address either, or both, of the questions. The themes on which the questions are going to be based are economic, international, regional and social policy issues.
Third Segment
Once the third segment begins, participants are going to be pitted against each other in four one-on-one debates, and one three-person debate; the one-on-one debates are to have durations of five minutes each, and the last three-person debate is to last for seven-and-a-half minutes. The composition of each group of participants is going to be determined by a random draw to occur as the segment proceeds.
This format is to be used for the Northern and Western Forum, and the next forum, at l'Université de Moncton; the format is to be reviewed and revised, if necessary, after these two fora have concluded, in ancticipation for the remaining three fora to take place in the days and weeks afterward.
