On October 22, Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert said that if he is returned to power at the provincial election on November 7, his government will initiative a Citizens Assembly to examine proportional representation. He also said, if the Citizens Assembly then recommends proportional representation and the matter is submitted to the voters, that the government will fund efforts to educate the voters about the proposal. Calvert is the leader of the New Democratic Party, which now controls the Saskatchewan government. This month’s vote in Ontario Province on the same type of proposal was marred because a large proportion of the Ontario voters received no information about the proposal, prior to the election. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this.

Rock the Debates is looking for more videographers. Rock the Debates activists work in pairs with one person asking a presidential candidate the “Rock the Debates” question, and the other videotaping. Larry Reinsch of Iowa and Seth Cohn of New Hampshire have already created 10 such videos.

Rock the Debates seeks to put major party presidential candidates on record, as to whether that person, if nominated, would participate in at least one inclusive general election debate. “Inclusive general election debate” means that every candidate who is on the ballot in states containing a majority of electoral votes would be invited. In all U.S. history, there has never been a presidential election with more than 7 such candidates. Please visit www.rockthedebates.org, or e-mail Bob Sullentrup at bob@rockthedebates.org, if you can help. Obviously if you live in Iowa or New Hampshire, you are in the best position to help.