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News Flash!
CBC News will be broadcasting live from the Elizabeth May victory celebration in London tonight.
Watch The National on Newsworld at 9 pm EST and at 10pm on the CBC national network.
Elizabeth May Thanks London North Centre
It’s polling day in the London North Centre by-election. Get Out the Vote (GOTV) activities started early this morning at Elizabeth May’s Green Party campaign headquarters and scrutineers are in place at almost every polling station in the riding.
At an election-eve celebration last night, Green Party leader Elizabeth May thanked the hundreds of local volunteers and those who came to London from as far away as British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Quebec and all over Ontario to support her bid to become Canada’s first Green member of parliament.
“This has been such an uplifting, but at the same time a humbling experience,” Elizabeth said today. “I will never forget the warmth and generosity of the people of London and the way they have welcomed me into their community. Neither will I forget the tireless work of my campaign team and the wonderful volunteers who have walked the streets and worked the phones for the past three weeks.
“As the recently-elected leader of the Green Party, this campaign was a priceless opportunity to talk with Londoners, to listen to their concerns and to lay out our ideas for a healthy and sustainable future for all Canadians. The reception we have received shows that our approach and our policies are growing in popularity with each passing day.”
Watch for results here
NDP desperate
Just finished my canvassing .. a great day and very positive!
I am so thrilled that Megan Walker and the NDP have changed their tune. At the beginning of the campaign, she said the Green Party was not a factor in this election.
Today people are coming into our office complaining about new literature out from the NDP.... Special attack flyer against the Green Party.,...
One side, all green with white letters: "Thinking of voting for the Green Party.... Think carefully."
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Dan Baril's final thoughts on London Campaign
Link to Dan Baril's blog here
Elizabeth May Announces Prominent Greens Adriane Carr and Claude William Genest as Deputy Leaders of federal Green Party
| | Adriane Carr, Elizabeth May & Claude William Genest "We are citizens wanting to take responsibility, rather than politicians wanting to take power." - Claude William Genest |
November 21, 2006
(London, Ont.) With the by-election of London North Centre in full swing, Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May took time-out from her busy campaign to appoint two Deputy Leaders to the federal party: Adriane Carr, the high-profile BC Green Party leader who is leaving her provincial post on November 30th, and Claude William Genest, popular TV host and former Vice-President of the Quebec Green Party. Both deputies bring considerable experience and credibility to the federal party, which is now polling at just above 10%, up from 7% just 4 months ago. More...
An evening with Edward Burtynsky (National Fundraising Event)
Monday, Nov. 20, 2006
6:30-8:30 pm, The Chelsea Club
236 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa
More about the event
Silent Auction Items
Dan Baril of Core Strategies blogs about Elizabeth
www.danbaril.com
Elizabeth May declared hands-down winner of first all candidates debate
London - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May easily won the first all candidates debate in the London North Centre federal by-election campaign. A standing room only crowd at Huron University College voted by ballot following the debate, overwhelmingly endorsing May as the winner.
Voting Results
Green Party – 100
Conservative – 32
NDP – 26
Liberal – 24
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Garth Turner to campaign for Elizabeth May in London North Centre
| | Garth Turner to campaign for Elizabeth May |
London – Independent MP Garth Turner will visit London North Centre tomorrow afternoon to canvass with Green Party leader Elizabeth May. Today in Ottawa, Mr. Turner, in the course of a news conference identifying the lack of democracy within old-line political parties, announced that he would be supporting Green Party leader Elizabeth May in the London North Centre by-election.
Mr. Turner is a former resident of London and the current MP for Halton. A well-known figure in the London area, Mr. Turner wrote a column that appeared in the London Free Press for many years prior to being elected in 2006. In his news conference, he stated that he is supporting Elizabeth May because he feels that her Green voice is desperately needed in the House of Commons.
Mr. Turner remains an Independent and has not joined the Green Party, but continues to talk with May about the possibility of becoming a Green MP.
“I’m extremely pleased and honoured to have Garth Turner’s support in this critical by-election,” said May. “I look forward to seeing him tomorrow and to visiting London voters in his former neighbourhood”.
STATEMENT FROM ELIZABETH MAY: THE GREEN PARTY'S POSITION ON CRIMINAL LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
The recent disappearance of Ahmed Maolin-Mohamed, who is facing one count of attempted murder and 3 counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in a Thanksgiving weekend shooting in downtown London, again raises the issue of how a person charged with violent crime is treated by the courts. It also raises the issue of how we balance the right of an accused, in this case to be released on bail, with the right of the community to be protected from violent crime.
The Green Party believes that greater weight must be given to public safety, particularly in cases involving guns and violence. The Green Party supports the gun registry.
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Halifax policy conference huge success
The first in a series of national policy conferences drew what is believed to be the biggest crowd ever to attend a Green Party event east of Ottawa to the campus of Saint Mary's University in Halifax Saturday, November 4.
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Elizabeth May Candidate in London North-Centre By Election
Green Party announces Shadow Cabinet
Green Party leader Elizabeth May has announced the party’s new Shadow Cabinet, the expert group that will disseminate and promote the party’s policies into the next federal election and beyond.
“The Green Party is about new ideas and new approaches,” said Ms. May, “and we need dynamic, knowledgeable spokespeople to explain why our way is the way forward.
“I am excited at the prospect of working with this exceptional team of policy specialists.”
Shadow Cabinet
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Darfur: A chance for PM to show he’s serious about human rights
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Generation Green has Arrived: Youth Wing of the Green Party Forms
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Elizabeth May Announces Prominent Greens Adriane Carr and Claude William Genest as Deputy Leaders of federal Green Party
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Elizabeth May declared hands-down winner of first all candidates debate
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Green Party engages with youth at post-secondary education forum
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Cross-Canada Policy Series begins!
First stop: Discuss Tax-Shifting in Halifax, November 4th.
Next stop: Postsecondary Education, London ON
In the News
May on hustings as Greens make plans
November 6th, 2006
read Dr. Jim McKenzie's speech to NFU Meeting in Oshawa, Oct 28
Environmentalists wary of NDP-Tory deal Nov 1, 2006
Feeling guilty, going green October 27, 2006
Critics blast Ottawa's 'shameful' green plan
October 20, 2006
Clean Air Act trashed
Rival parties, green groups unite to bash Tory proposalOctober 20, 2006
Green party courts Turner
October 20, 2006
Green may prove fatal colour for HarperOctober 20, 2006
New poll, possibly a first MP, has federal Greens feeling red-hot
October 20, 2006
Key quotes on the Tory Clean Air Act, introduced Thursday
October19, 2006
An Accidental Canadian Finds Her Environmental Footing
October 14, 2006
New York Times
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| Main Events |
| Monday, Nov 27 |
| 09:00 AM | From Vision to Action: Building a Faith-Based Movement for a Canada Without Poverty |
| 07:00 PM | Calgary Centre EDA AGM |
| Tuesday, Nov 28 |
| Until 05:00 PM | From Vision to Action: Building a Faith-Based Movement for a Canada Without Poverty |
| 05:00 PM | U of Calgary Campus Meetings |
| 06:45 PM | York Centre Federal Green Party Association AGM Agenda |
| 07:00 PM | Ottawa Vanier Greens AGM |
| 07:30 PM | Halton shows: Who Killed the Electric Car |
| Wednesday, Nov 29 |
| 07:00 PM | Halifax Federal Green Party Association AGM Agenda |
| 07:00 PM | Calgary Centre EDA meetings |
| Thursday, Nov 30 |
| 07:00 PM | Ancaster - Dundas - Flamborough - Westdale AGM |
| 07:00 PM | Niagara Falls AGM |
| Saturday, Dec 2 |
| 02:00 PM | Founding meeting of the South Shore-St. Margaret's EDA |
| Monday, Dec 4 |
| 06:00 PM | ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER OTTAWA CENTRE |
| Tuesday, Dec 5 |
| 05:00 PM | U of Calgary Campus Meetings |
| 07:30 PM | The Davenport EDA -Annual General Meeting |
| Wednesday, Dec 6 |
| 07:00 PM | Westmount Green Party Meeting |
| Thursday, Dec 7 |
| 06:30 PM | Kingston Greens Third Annual Fund-Raising Dinner |
| Saturday, Dec 9 |
| 07:00 PM | Green Christmas party in Montreal |
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