(OTTAWA) January 19, 2015 - Former Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Joe Clark, will speak in Sidney, BC tonight at an event presented by Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands .
Mr. Clark will discuss his thoughts on Canada’s role in world affairs and read from his book, How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change.
Lorna Crozier, an award-winning poet, will moderate questions after the presentation.
This event will also be streamed live for those unable to attend the event.
Event Details:
Date: Monday, January 19, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (PST)
Location: Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney, BC
(For additional information, please see the Backgrounder below)
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For additional information or to arrange an interview, contact:
Julian Morelli
Director of Communications
Green Party of Canada
cell: (613) 614 4916
office: (613) 562 4916 (224)
julian.morelli@greenparty.ca
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Backgrounder:
The Right Honourable Joe Clark is the most recent speaker in the Saanich-Gulf Islands Green Electoral District Association’s Eminent Canadian Speakers Series. Previous speakers included Kevin Page, Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, author Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, who holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and anthropologist author Wade Davis.