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Watching Last Night's Debate

Running commentary from Tyee editors and readers.

David Beers 3 May 2005TheTyee.ca

David Beers is the founding editor of The Tyee and serves as current editor-in-chief.

He started the publication in 2003 as an experiment in new ways of doing online journalism in the public interest, including solutions-focused reporting, crowd-funded support and a humane work culture. He loves what The Tyee has become thanks to amazing colleagues and readers.

He has lived in Vancouver since 1991. Before The Tyee he was a senior editor at Mother Jones Magazine and the Vancouver Sun, and his writing has appeared in many U.S. and Canadian outlets. He is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia's graduate school of journalism.

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The leaders’ debates in this provincial election may well be pivotal. Will NDP leader Carole James establish herself as a surefooted, centrist, trustworthy leader as party strategists have tried to cast her? Will BC Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell manage to project some warmth and believability? Will Green party leader Adriane Carr be able to come up the middle while the other two hurl charges of malfeasance?

So you can get our opinions as they are being formed, we’ve invited a range of Tyee contributors to participate in a live discussion. It will take place before, during and after the debate, which runs from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, May 3, on CBC radio and TV, CTV and Global. And you are welcome to join us. To participate, you’ll need to register and sign in to the comments section, which you can do using the tools at the top left-hand corner of our home page.

Or you can choose to simply watch the discussion unfold. We’re bringing together former Legislature reporters from the Sun and Province, key Tyee election desk editors and a few other trenchant political observers to provide commentary we hope will be both insightful and entertaining.

We’ve also invited Democratic Reform BC leader Tom Morino, who has been denied the opportunity to participate in the debate, to contribute. And we hope that Green party Vancouver School Board representative Andrea Reimer, who will be backstage during the event, will give us an insider’s view of the debate when she is able.

So join us, in a forum that is completely democratic and sometimes undiscriminating.  [Tyee]

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