The Green Party wil be in the next federal debates.

Sure, you could look at polling numbers, broad media coverage, the fact that the Greens are now mentioned in almost every news piece that mentions the other 4 or so federal parties....put I'll pick one quote from Maclean's- its referring to the torture report of Afghan prisoners:

"The report has led to calls from the Liberal party, the NDP and the Green party for Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor to resign."

Yep-thats right- no seat in parliament, but it seems the national news media is finally at the point were they're willing to listen to the millions of Canadians who want to hear the Green perspective. I think the Green response to international relations, which is a global response shared by global Greens, of focussing on non-violent solutions may finally be starting to get some play. My own personal views on the Afghanistan mission aren't really in line with any political party, but the idea of applying non-violence (physical or psychological) in prisoner interrogation shouldn't be up for debate.

p.s. I'm still getting to the Dion/May thing, but gotta move home/work on the weekend.