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Excerpts from Opening/Closing statements at ACM's

Posted April 28, 2011

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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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!



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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:

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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Ag policy

Posted April 15, 2011

I am very, very pleased with the Green Party  Food & Agriculture platform

I've been active for twenty years in food security and this addresses pretty much everything we've discussed, demanded and hoped for.

Highlights for me:  supports for young & new farmers to get onto the land; real labelling; …

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Week One on the Hustings

Posted April 3, 2011

Do I get to be surprised about how fast and hard we had to hit the pavement?  There are things I intuited but until we actually got underway, it was impossible to envision the reality of an election campaign.  I’m grateful that the volunteers have been so enthusiastic and that we did as much as we c…

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