Juno News - October 07, 2019We won!
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Summary
Andrew Lawton is in the car on his way to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, where the first and only official English-language leaders debate will be taking place. Stay tuned for his debate coverage for True North from Ottawa en route to the event.
Transcript
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Well hey everyone right now I'm in the car on the way to Gatineau to the Canadian Museum of History
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where the first and only official English language leaders debate will be taking place.
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Now I set out weeks and weeks ago to cover this and that was always the plan until the leaders
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debate commission and the parliamentary press gallery told me last week on a Friday morning
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before a Monday debate that I couldn't cover it. Well let me tell you something this was wrong
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it was illegal it was unjustified we took the federal government to court True North
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and Andrew Lawton that's yours truly took the federal government to court so did the rebel
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these two applications went before a judge today a judge found that there was irreparable harm
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that would be done if we were not allowed in so the judge has ordered the leaders debates commission
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to accredit us I am literally on my way to the debate right now I may not have accreditation
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in the eyes of the debate commission but I have a court order saying they have to let me cover this
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now it should have never gotten to this point this is not what Canada is supposed to be about
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journalistic freedoms are things that should be upheld by the state not things that you have to
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fight the state to have protected but we did it and we don't regret it now this was an expensive
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endeavor if you can chip in to cover our legal costs please do you can head on over to tnc.news
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but more importantly stay tuned for my debate coverage for True North from Ottawa en route to