Category Archives: News

Federal Green party members in Ottawa Centre gathered in December for the 2011 Annual General Meeting. We were privileged to be joined by Elizabeth May for the first hour and those attending had an opportunity to hear about her first year as an MP and to ask questions about the future for the party and the [...] Continue reading →

Looking for your local Green Party candidate? Here are your local Ottawa area Green Party of Ontario candidates! Ottawa Centre Kevin O’Donnell 613-454-5306 kevin@kevino.ca http://kevino.ca Ottawa – Vanier Dave Bagler davebagler@gpo.ca http://www.davebagler.ca Ottawa South James Mihaychuk 613-869-0263 jamesmihaychuk@gpo.ca Ottawa West – Nepean Alex Hill 613-600-9862 alexhill@gpo.ca http://www.alexhill.ca Carleton – Mississippi Mills Scott Simser 613-599-2223 scottsimser@gpo.ca [...] Continue reading →

Camille Labchuk has written up an excellent post on Renee Hetherington who is running against Green Party leader Elizabeth May in Saanich–Gulf Islands: The hotly-contested race in Saanich–Gulf Islands turned toxic this week, with newly-nominated Liberal candidate Renee Hetherington failing her first character test as a candidate — the civility test. Hetherington issued a news [...] Continue reading →

Hello everyone! Here’s the November calendar of events taking place in our community. Get ready for the snow to fly! Please remember that the Green Party does not officially endorse any of these events unless otherwise indicated.  We believe that community organization is essential to grassroots democracy and community events are just plain fun too! [...] Continue reading →

By Mike Schreiner, GPO Leader: Over the coming decades, the success of Ontario’s health-care strategy will depend on providing cost effective and dignified care for our seniors. In my consultations with citizens and frontline health care providers, it is clear that professional home care services are an important part of enriching the quality of life [...] Continue reading →

Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner’s Question Period Blog for October 20, 2010
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Each month when it comes time to prepare this newsletter I try to strike a balance between discussing the Green issues that bring all of us together vs. talking about the meat & potatoes (um: protein and potatoes?) topics that are directly related to building a political party. This month there is simply so much [...] Continue reading →

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Welcome back Carleton and UOttawa. Green Party reps be at the Carleton expo tonight and at UOttawa tomorrow to join the campus clubs in reaching out to new and returning students. If you weren’t able to make it out to say hi then here’s how to find us online. There is always something going on [...] Continue reading →

With the possibility of a fall election, the Green Party of Canada commissioned an independent poll by British Columbia-based McAllister Opinion Research in Leader Elizabeth May’s BC riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. On the heels of national opinion polls showing the Greens gaining ground and polling very high provincially in BC, this poll shows a tight [...] Continue reading →