From: johnturmel@gmail.com   
      
   JCT: Get this. Rogers TV threatens to deny me my fair share   
   in the debate if I publish anything on the net that makes   
   them upset.   
      
   August 27, 2018   
      
   Mr. John Turmel   
   50 Brant Ave.   
   Brantford, ON N3T 3G7   
   johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   Dear Mr. Turmel:   
      
   In the coming weeks, Rogers tv will be providing coverage of   
   the City of Brantford's 2018 Ontario municipal election to   
   be held on Monday, October 22nd.  Our coverage will feature   
   all-candidate debates, including a debate among all the   
   candidates vying for Mayor.   
      
   During the televised debates, candidates will be asked to   
   adhere to the following strict rules of conduct:   
        Candidates shall refrain from interrupting other   
   candidates during their time;   
        Candidates shall stick to their allotted time to answer   
   questions and will be cut off by the Moderator if they go   
   over;   
        Candidates will not be permitted to wear party pins or   
   display signage or symbols of any kind;   
      
   JCT: Rogers wants to follow the Tim Philp ruling about   
   candidate presentations. No symbols of any kind. That means   
   no party buttons. The last time I donned my LETS party   
   button, Tim Philp had the police arrest and remove me. I   
   complained to the CRTC and took it to the Supreme Court but   
   they ruled Rogers could dictate our appearance on their   
   show!   
      
        Swearing or disrespectful language of any kind will not   
   be tolerated; and   
        Rebuttals are granted at the discretion of the   
   Moderator.   
      
   JCT: Everyone used to get the chance to rebut but now   
   they've decided to let a censor decide.   
      
   Rogers tv makes every effort to include all registered   
   candidates as part of its election debates. Rogers tv   
   community channels operate in accordance with the CRTC's   
   Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, including subsection   
   30(5) which states: "If a licensee provides time on the   
   community channel in a licensed area during an election   
   period for the distribution of programming of a partisan   
   political character, the licensee shall allocate that time   
   on an equitable basis among all accredited political parties   
   and rival candidates.".  However, the CRTC has confirmed on   
   multiple occasions that this provision does not apply to   
   debate programs.  This is outlined in the CRTC's Guidelines   
   for TV and radio broadcasters and TV service providers   
   during an election.  Furthermore, some of the election   
   debates broadcast on Rogers tv are community-produced access   
   programs and therefore Rogers tv has no influence over the   
   format of the debate and which candidates are included.   
      
   JCT: So if Rogers covers a show organized by some cheats who   
   want to favor some and exclude others, that's fine. In   
   olden days, every candidate had a right to equitable time   
   but if they find to act as the cheat for them, they can   
   cover the crooked show.   
      
   In either case, failure to respect the debate's rules of   
   conduct will lead to a candidate's exclusion or removal from   
   the event.   
      
   In the 2018 Ontario provincial election in June, you ran as   
   a candidate in the Brantford-Brant riding, representing the   
   Pauper Party of Ontario.  During that campaign, you posted   
   what we deem to be highly offensive and inappropriate   
   misogynistic comments to your Google Group account   
   (alt.fan.john-turmel), including repeated comments   
   personally attacking- a Rogers tv employee.   
      
   JCT: They must be talking about the nasty lady who laughed   
   that I was being excluded from the debate. She can laugh at   
   me but my response upset them. Notice they can't even state   
   what comment I'm being accused of making, as if I'm going to   
   to back to check. But I'd bet it was the nasty laugher I   
   wasn't supposed to put down.   
      
   If you resume these attacks on social media, Rogers tv will   
   exercise its editorial discretion and exclude you from its   
   candidate debates. The safety and well-being of our   
   employees is of paramount importance to us and we cannot   
   tolerate this type of intimidation.  I thought it important   
   to inform you of our intention in this regard.   
      
   JCT: Rogers will use its editorial discretion to rig the   
   election odds. Hey, they've been doing that all along. How   
   do they think laughing while excluding me looks to the   
   world. By the way, you'll notice that whatever comment I'd   
   made has been deleted!   
      
   Sincerely,   
   Julie Henson General Manager Rogers tv   
      
   JCT: So no more of what Julie Henson's crew deem to be   
   highly offensive and inappropriate misogynistic comments.   
   They laughed at them getting away with cheating me out of a   
   share of the time free time. How dare I me personally attack   
   the lady who laughed about them cheating me.   
      
   At least Julie can't say calling her and her crew cheats the   
   last time was mysogynistic. Unless they were all women and   
   they decided because it was all women who cheated me, I'm   
   mysogynistic?   
      
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