Ready for prime time? Green Party leader Elizabeth May on the environment, the leaders' debate, and some controversial past statements.

Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party of Canada.

Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party of Canada.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

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From hospitals and police to employment insurance and regional development: is Ontario getting its fair share?

Patrice Dutil is associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. He edited Searching for Leadership: Secretaries to Cabinet in Canada.

Ruth Grier was Ontario’s health minister from 1993-1995 under Bob Rae’s NDP government, and was environment minister prior to that.

James Milway is executive director of the Martin Prosperity Institute.

Tim Murphy is a partner with McMillan Binch Mendelsohn. He is a former chief of staff to prime minister Paul Martin, and from 1993 to 1995 he sat as a Liberal member in the Ontario Legislature.

Jeffrey Simpson is national affairs columnist with The Globe and Mail.

Jeffrey Simpson is national affairs columnist with The Globe and Mail.

Tim Murphy is a partner with McMillan Binch Mendelsohn. He is a former chief of staff to prime minister Paul Martin, and from 1993 to 1995 he sat as a Liberal member in the Ontario Legislature.

James Milway is executive director of the Martin Prosperity Institute.

Patrice Dutil is associate professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. He edited Searching for Leadership: Secretaries to Cabinet in Canada.

Judy Brake is a senior producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously she was a senior producer on Studio 2. Before joining TVO, she was the network producer of CBC Radio in Ottawa, was the program representative in CBC's New York bureau, and worked on CBC Radio's: As It Happens, This Country in the Morning, Morningside, Sunday Morning, and created the national magazine program, Dayshift which received an Actra Award.

Judy Brake is a senior producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously she was a senior producer on Studio 2. Before joining TVO, she was the network producer of CBC Radio in Ottawa, was the program representative in CBC's New York bureau, and worked on CBC Radio's: As It Happens, This Country in the Morning, Morningside, Sunday Morning, and created the national magazine program, Dayshift which received an Actra Award.

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