I really liked your story that as a journalist you're guided by conflict and novelty, but it was your wife who was guided by the unfiltered access. This is probably the nub of the issue that we want to get to. I'm glad you brought that story up, but some of the things you mentioned seem, some might say, overly prescriptive.
To institutionalize the debates, a condition of licence for the broadcasters.... If a political party does not take part, on one side they will be disallowed any advertising for three or four days, or you could just say that come eight o'clock eastern time—8:30 in Newfoundland—you will find an empty podium on that stage: you're in it or you're not.
I guess this is a question for all three. In the United States, it's a not-for-profit organization. What we're talking about here is a commission, and some people in the last meeting alluded to the fact that some are appointed by government. I'm just trying, on the surface, to get how involved a commission should be. In other words, how arm's length from the government should it be, to start with?