Party Leaders: Leaders Appeal and Leaders Debate

party leaders: B.C. Votes 2017 CBC streaming leaders debate live on Facebook, CBC.ca/bc As we approach the halfway point in this campaign, and with the leaders' debate looming, it is worth asking whether party leaders are seeking to buy our votes by cutting tolls and fees, and promising bridges in one place or another, or whether they are offering us a vision of the kind of society in which we wish to live. 1, according to CBC. Is it to our narrower self-interest that the leaders appeal or to the common good of all With all the private cash in politics, we have reason to be alert to the inevitability that the parties will be particularly responsive to the interests of their donors. Democracy comes to an end if citizens and politicians act only in their narrow, short-term self-interest; but all of us asking the right questions can help keep it alive. Money in politics undermines public trust because it forces us, the voters, to wonder how the promises parties make align with those donors. 2. This competition militates against other functions parties serve representing constituents, finding legislative compromises through deliberation and encouraging internal democracy. Will the leaders transcend partisanship Parties have a tendency to become oligarchies because their raison d' tre is winning elections. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.