The following paragraphs are excerpts from Opening & Closing statements at the many All Candidate Meetings I've participated in. Watch the web site this weekend for new video of final ACM and the last week of campaigning. We have striven to run a positive, hopeful campaign and believe we've succee…
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Excerpts from Opening/Closing statements at ACM's
Posted April 28, 2011
Forgotten Nations – Green Party addresses ignored aboriginal issues
Posted April 27, 2011
This week Green Leader Elizabeth May is reaching out to First Nations in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. Today, she will take part in a natural building project and community discussion at the Saanich Adult Education Centre on the Saanich First Nation. Yesterday, she visited the Tsawout First N…
GPC calls for major boosts to pensions
Posted April 25, 2011
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May called for a major boost to pensions, increased seniors’ income support and an end to pension discrimination through the Superannuation Acts.
“What is being proposed by the Harper Conservatives would help fewer than one in ten seniors, and that is unacceptable,” s…
VOTE TODAY!
Posted April 20, 2011
To everyone who is eligible to vote in the Courtenay area, you don't have to wait until May 2nd.
Go to the Returning Office for Elections Canada located at 310 Puntledge Road, Courtenay with ID and cast your vote today!
CHFR 96.5 Fm - Hornby Island Radio: Sue Moen interview
Posted April 19, 2011
On Tuesday, 19 April 2011 Sue Moen visited Hornby Island and met with the folks that started CHFR 96.5 Hornby Radio in December of 2010; after a decade of planning and dreaming.
Listen to a recording of her interview with Phill Bailey by clicking the audio link below:
Some closing thoughts at All Candidates' Mtgs
Posted April 18, 2011
Closing remarks Port McNeill and Port Hardy All Candidates Meetings
Political platforms are living documents (at least they should be) to ensure the party is ready at any time to put forward a positive vision, grounded in current realities. So before you place your precious mark on the ballot May …
Letters to the Editor matter
Posted April 17, 2011
Hello, Green supporters and friends on Vancouver Island North,
If you can read & write, then this message is for you. I would like to draw your attention to an important part of the civic process - letters to the editor. Letters to the editors of local (and national) newspapers are a large facto…
Advance Polling - Why Vote Early?
Posted April 16, 2011
Elections Canada allows people to vote at advance polls so that anyone not able to vote on May 2 has other opportunities. The advance poll days in this election are April 22, 23 and 25 from noon to 8:00 pm.
This year - fortuitously I believe - advance polling begins on Earth Day, April 22nd. Ther…
Voice of a Million!
Posted April 13, 2011
Picture by Jonathan Day.
The Leaders' Debate that Wasn't
Posted April 13, 2011
Canadian voters did not get value from the English national leaders’ debate. A wide range of critical issues were ignored while the four party leaders focused on attacking each other.
“We have been unfortunate enough to witness a low point in Canadian political history. The clear objective of al…
CHCH Special - Elizabeth May - For The Record
Posted April 12, 2011
When the broadcast consortium denied the leader of the Green Party the forum to present and defend her party platform at the upcoming leaders' debate, Channel Zero decided to give her and all the leaders an opportunity to participate in an open debate. Elizabeth May has accepted the challenge. The o…
Family farms vital
Posted April 11, 2011
Family farms vital for a smart economy and strong rural communities
(Vancouver Island North) - A healthy agricultural sector is a key element of a smarter economy, according to the Green Party of Canada’s platform. Today, local Green Party candidate Sue Moen called for a new Canadian agriculture …
Week Two
Posted April 10, 2011
I know we’re all being inundated and overloaded with messages – from the Green Party of Canada, from news media, social networks and volunteers of all parties ringing your doorbell. And now - me too. Your time is precious, so thank you for even a few minutes of your day to read this, pass it along…
Child Care & Family Support
Posted April 10, 2011
Today’s policy notes are in response to a question about Greens’ child care policies from WF.
The Greens have several policies, that taken together will support families universally. The statistics of Canadian children living in poverty, particularly in our First Nations communities are abhorr…
Indigenous Peoples - today's policy note
Posted April 9, 2011
There is no short way to state what must be done to fully, equitably and respectfully include our First Nations in Canada’s present and future prosperity. We must take every step necessary to recognize the Aboriginal role in the founding of Canada as a democracy, and redress the abysmal legacy of t…
the electrical grid
Posted April 8, 2011
Today’s Random Green Party Policy of the Day from Vision Green is from page 44
“Green Party MPs will:
Establish the design and management principles of a nationally integrated electrical power grid capable of supporting many diverse sources of renewable electrical energy
Develop a transition pl…
Green Party Platform Release and Budget Overview.
Posted April 8, 2011
As our campaign for Sue Moen for Vancouver Island North progresses we continue to look to the Green Party of Canada for guidance and direction.
One of the 3 main platforms for the Green Party is Smart Economy. We hope you can find some time to go and have a look at the current budget overview. T…
Green Party stands up for Canadian health care
Posted April 8, 2011
(Vancouver Island North) – Speaking from Montreal today, Elizabeth May reaffirmed the Green Party’s commitment to rebuild Canada’s health care system, stop creeping privatization, and prevent the establishment of a two-tier system. Local Green candidate Sue Moen echoed the call.
“I’m glad the…
Cities and towns need Vision Green
Posted April 1, 2011
At Confederation, Canada was a predominantly rural country where fewer than 1 in 10 people lived in cities. Our constitution set up a taxation system that greatly favoured the federal and provincial governments. Today 80 per cent of Canadians live in urban areas.
Urban Canadians want their waste…
VoteCompass - is it accurate?
Posted March 31, 2011
A local Green supporter has some further thoughts about the accuracy and efficacy of the VoteCompass at CBC.ca. I've seen other articles and blogs suggesting the design of the questions is flawed. What do you think?
http://greenparty.ca/blogs/467/2011-03-31/cbc-vote-compass-flawed-or-fraud
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