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> This document contains information regarding the national poll being
> carried out by the Reform Party of Canada in conjunction with two
> televised town hall broadcasts to be broadcast this month.
> 
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> 
> Contents
> 
>      Description of town hall meetings
>      Satellite Broadcast Information
>      Cable TV Broadcast Information
>      Questions to be Asked of the Audience
>      How to Call In and Answer the Questions
> 
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> 
> NATIONAL ELECTRONIC TOWN HALL MEETINGS
> 
> February 12 and 19, 1995
> 
> 
> National Tax Alert
> 
> The first show, "National Tax Alert" of 1995 will be held on February
> 12, in Toronto and panellists include Prof. Gilles Paquet (University
> of Ottawa), Jason Kenney (Executive Director, Canadian Taxpayers
> Federation), Preston Manning (Leader of the Reform Party of Canada),
> David Perry (Canadian Tax Foundation) and Bill Robson (Senior Policy
> Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute). The audience will be able to call in
> their responses to questions relating to the current situation of
> taxation in Canada.
> 
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> 
> You Be the Finance Minister
> 
> The second show, "You be the Finance Minister" will be held on
> February 19, 1995, in Calgary and panellists include Diane Francis
> (Editor, The Financial Post), Michael Walker (Executive Director,
> Fraser Institute), Prof. John Richards (Simon Fraser University),
> Duncan Cameron (Centre for Policy Alternatives), and Preston Manning
> (Leader of the Reform Party of Canada). The audience will be
> encouraged to call in their responses to questions of government
> spending and taxation and also to "vote" for one of three different
> approaches to a federal budget.
> 
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> These broadcasts will follow in the footsteps of a similar program
> broadcast live via satellite from Fort Calgary on October 3, 1994.
> That ninety minute discussion aired on 93 community access cable
> stations across the country and encouraged viewers to phone in their
> responses to questions of national unity; non-edited results were
> broadcast during the show. Canadians who were unable to watch the
> meeting were still able to participate by calling a "1-900" number
> during the week leading up to the broadcast. Almost 10,000 Canadians
> took advantage of this opportunity to voice their opinions.
> 
> Although the two upcoming electronic town hall meetings are being
> initiated by the Reform Party, the intention is to present to
> Canadians a non-biased program. No Party logos will be allowed, nor
> will "pitches" for membership or fund raising be made.
> 
> This program is designed to be interactive so people can participate
> and voice their concerns from the comfort of their own home. These
> teledemocracy projects not only give a voice to individual Canadians
> in all parts of Canada on important issues, they are also designed to
> educate and pioneer ways (using new technology) to consult with
> citizens.
> 
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> 
> Satellite Broadcast Information
> 
> "National Tax Alert"
> Date: Sunday, February 12, 1995 - 6:00 p.m. MT
> Location: Toronto, Ontario
> Duration: 90 minutes
> Focus: Discussion of Canada's present tax situation and addressing the
> question of raising taxes to balance the budget.
> Satellite Anik E2, Ku Band
> Transponder 5,
> Vertical polarity
> English Audio 5.41 MHz, French Audio 6.17 MHz
> 
> "You Be the Finance Minister"
> Date: Sunday, February 19, 1995 - 6:00 p.m. MT
> Location: Fort Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
> Duration: 90 minutes
> Focus: Discussion of various methods of spending cuts as an
> alternative to tax increases.
> Satellite Anik E2, Ku Band
> Transponder 4,
> Vertical polarity,
> English Audio 5.41 MHz, French Audio 6.17 MHz
> 
> A test signal will begin 10 minutes before the program (5:50 p.m. MT).
> 
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> 
> Confirmed Cable Stations (as at February 1, 1995)
> 
> Alberta:
> 
> Cable TV Camrose Inc. - Camrose
> Coronation Cable TV Ltd. - Consort
> Monarch Cable TV Ltd. - Canmore & Banff (Channel 10)
> Rogers Cable - Calgary
> Shaw Cable - Edmonton (Channel 56 or 57)
> Videotron Communications Ltd. - Edmonton
> Cable TV of Wetaskiwin Inc. - Wetaskiwin (Channel 10)
> Northern Cablevision Ltd.
> 
>      Cold Lake, Grande Prairie, Grand Centre (Live)
>      taped delay in Athabasca, St. Paul, Bonnyville, Wainwright, Grand
>      Cash, Fox Creek, White Court, Pierceland, St. Hardisty, Riley,
>      Smokey Lake, Mundare, Willingdon, Sexsmith, Daysland
> 
> Possibles:
> 
> Monarch Cable TV Ltd. - Medicine Hat
> 
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> 
> Atlantic:
> 
> Access Cable TV Ltd. - Dartmouth (cable 10)
> Bragg Communications Inc. - Aylesford, NS
> Halifax Cable - Halifax (cable 10)
> Viking Cable TV Ltd. - Yarmouth, NS (channel 5)
> 
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> 
> British Columbia:
> 
> Cablenet - Chilliwack (Channel 10)
> Cablenet - Kamloops (Channel 10) - first show only, taping second
> Coast Cable Vision Ltd. - Sechelt - Channel 36
> Copper Valley Cablevision Ltd. - Ashcroft
> Delta Cable TV Ltd. - Delta (Channel 4)
> Fort Nelson Cable-Vision Ltd - Fort Nelson (channel 5)
> Keta Cable - Port McNeill and Port Hardy (channel 10)
> Masset Haida Television Society - Masset (delayed)
> North East Cable TV Ltd. - Tumbler Ridge (channel 10)
> Revelstoke Cable TV Ltd. - Revelstoke (RCTV 6)
> Reliance Distribution - Squamish (Channel 10)
> Rogers Cable
> 
>      Vancouver (Community 4)
>      Burnaby (Channel 4)
>      Richmond (Channel 4)
>      Surrey (Channel 4)
>      New Westminster (Channel 4)
>      Langley (Channel 4)
>      Coquitlam (Channel 4)
>      Pt. Moody (Channel 4)
>      Abbotsford (Channel 4)
> 
> Shaw Cable
> 
>      Duncan
>      North Vancouver (Channel 59) - serving Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove
>      and Lions Bay
>      Victoria
>      Prince George
>      White Rock (Channel 54)
>      Trail/Castlegar/Nelson (Channel 10)
> 
> Skeena Cablevision - Terrace
> 
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> 
> Manitoba:
> 
> Possibles:
> 
> Portage Community Cablevision Ltd. - Portage la Prairie
> Winnipeg Shaw
> 
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> 
> Ontario:
> 
> Cablenet - Kingston (channel 13)
> First Nations Cable - Ohsweken (channel 8)
> Maclean Hunter Cable TV
> 
>      North Bay (Channel 12)
>      Ottawa (Channel 22) - second show only
>      Etobicoke (Channel 10)
>      Pembroke (Community 12)
>      Hawkesbury (Channel 11)
>      Niagara Falls (Channel 58 - 66 on some converters)
> 
> Rogers Cable
> 
>      London
>      Newmarket (Channel 10)
>      Kitchener (cable 20)
>      Toronto
>      Oshawa (cable 10)
>      Brampton (cable 10)
>      Hamilton/Stoney Creek (Channel 14)
>      Trillium Cable - Windsor (Channel 11) - first show only
> 
> Possibles:
> 
>      Orangeville Cable-Vu Ltd. - Orangeville
>      Trillium Cable - Barrie
> 
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> 
> Quebec:
> 
>      CF Cable TV - Montreal (Channel 60) - second show
>      Vido Dry Lte. - Ville-de-la-Baie (Channel 13)
> 
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> 
> 
> Saskatchewan:
> 
>      Cablenet - Estevan (channel 5)
>      Shaw Cable - Saskatoon (Channel 10)
> 
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> 
> Questions to be Asked of the Audience
> 
> First Program
> 
> Question Number 1:
> In your opinion, are federal tax levels too high, too low, or about
> right?
> To answer "Too High" press 1.
> To answer "Too Low" press 2.
> To answer "About Right" press 3.
> 
> Question Number 2:
> Should the federal deficit be eliminated primarily through government
> spending cuts, tax increases, or both?
> To answer: "government spending cuts", press 1.
> To answer: "tax increases", press 2.
> To answer: "both", press 3.
> 
> Question Number 3:
> Do you favour or oppose legislation which would place a limit on
> federal tax levels?
> To answer "favour", press 1.
> To answer "oppose", press 2.
> 
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> 
> 
> Second Program
> 
> Question Number 4:
> Canadians spend hundreds of billions of dollars on social services
> such as health care, education, social assistance and pensions. Which
> level of government do you think should have the primary
> responsibility for providing these services?
> To answer: Provincial and local governments, press 1.
> To Answer: The federal government, press 2.
> 
> Question Number 5:
> 
> (This question refers to three budget proposals which will be
> presented during the broadcast.)
> 
> If you were finance minister, which course of action would you take?
> To answer: "Budget A", press 1.
> To answer: "Budget B", press 2.
> To answer: "Budget C", press 3.
> 
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> 
> How to Call in and Answer the Questions
> 
> To collect the data, the Reform Party has decided to use MT&T
> Technologies Telesurveying applications.
> 
> National Tax Alert
> Start: 9:00 a.m., Mountain Time, February 6, 1995
> Stop: 11:59 p.m., Mountain Time, February 12, 1995.
> 
> You be the Finance Minister
> Start: 12:01 a.m., Mountain Time, February 13, 1995
> Stop: 11:59 p.m., Mountain Time, February 19, 1995.
> 
> Two lines are being used; one line for English and one line for
> French. Both of these are be 1-900 service, which means a person must
> pay to call these numbers. The charge is $1.00 per minute. (Revenues
> receive from phone calls will be put towards the cost of the event.
> Any surplus will be placed in the federal government deficit reduction
> fund.)
> 
> Telephone Numbers
> 
> ENGLISH
> 1-900-870-0439
> 
> FRENCH
> 1-900-870-2348
> 
> HELP LINE
> 1-800-275-0255
> 
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> Email for further information
> 
> bfarquha@chat.carleton.ca






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Brad Farquhar is just another guy.
Editor, SaskWatch
Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa
Email address: bfarquha@chat.carleton.ca     farquhar@hookup.net
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