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Campaign By Rail
Blog | Monday, 22 Sep 2008I was stunned by the turnout for our departure rally out of Vancouver. It looked like there were close to 200 people assembled to see us off on the Green train. We arrived in an electric jeep. For...
Nanaimo-Alberni is Going Green
Blog | Sunday, 21 Sep 2008We flew into Port Alberni today in a float plane with the only carbon neutral airline. On the only private airplane that will be used during the Greens’ election campaign, we docked in Port Alberni...
I Don’t Want to be a Politician
Blog | Saturday, 20 Sep 2008There is a question everywhere you go of what would make Canadians trust a politician. Particularly in areas where people are suffering from poverty and sickness, there is a real feeling of anger,...
Supporting Community
Blog | Friday, 19 Sep 2008Nova Scotia – I’m thinking about my riding – is a unique place in Canada, indeed, in the world. With many families living in poverty, and many individuals unemployed, it is easy for people here to...
Ready To Govern
Blog | Thursday, 18 Sep 2008What an amazing evening! We held the first town hall meeting of the campaign tonight in Pictou, Nova Scotia. There were over 100 people in attendance. We gathered at the Pictou Fire Hall. Sam Turton...
Grohmann Knives
Blog | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008One of our Green Party press releases got excellent coverage today: the news that a contract traditionally earned by Grohmann knives, a local business, to supply knives to the Canadian military has...
Political Strategy
Blog | Tuesday, 16 Sep 2008I have been verbally beat up all over the media and Canada this week over allegations that I said last year in an interview with Steve Paikin that Canadians are stupid. I am stunned that this story...
Not Since Diefenbaker (Day 8)
Blog | Monday, 15 Sep 2008Last night my leader’s cross-country train tour schedule was finalized. I will be going from Vancouver beginning Sunday, September 21 all the way to Nova Scotia by rail. There are a couple reasons...
A Different Party (Day 7)
Blog | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008Since the last time I wrote about the differences between the Greens and the other federal parties, a couple of them have re-vamped their policies. The Liberals have adopted a weaker version of our...
What I Will Say (Day 6)
Blog | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008The questions I got today all point in one direction. “The Layton-Harper-media-juggernaut” (quoting Rick Salutin in the Globe) has been forced to recognize that we are now in a five-party system. The...