Good or Bad?
'... before I entered the Cabinet, I was involved in a brief liaison with a married woman who became pregnant.... I would implore the Honourable Members and the media to let these facts speak for themselves ...' The confession and resignation of Canada's Solicitor-General and one of her most promising politicians, made last year before Parliament and the nation on television. Good or bad? ' Television in the House forces Ministers to be on their toes and members of the Opposition not to ask stupid questions ...' PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU, January 1979.
' Personally, it is advantageous to me that TV cameras are in Parliament but I don't find that good.' CHANCELLOR SCHMIDT, October 1978. ' It makes good sense that governmental business is public business and it ought to be open.' us SENATOR ROTH, January 1979.
Are they right or wrong? Does television intrude or is it a vital part of democracy?
Robert McKenzie follows the argument around the world and at home with Phillip Whitehead , mp, and George Younger , mp.
Producer MARYSE ADDISON