Speaking of the Federal Green Party, who is running for Guelph? Why it's John Lawson of course. He is a local United Church Pastor and a former underground miner. He has studied at the London School of Economics and Princeton!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Greens shutout of debate :(
Federal Green Party candidate, Elizabeth May, was not invited to the two televised candidate debates for the upcoming election. She is already complaining, and rallying support for her to join in. She should participate. The same thing happened in 2008; she was shut out but then got enough support to participate. The Greens had a candidate running in every riding in 2008 (not sure about now). Can the same be said for the Bloc? Hardly. The Green Party is a real thing. While many view it simply as an "awareness" party trying to force attention to environmental issues, it is certainly more. The Green Party has a real platform. If Canada used proportional representation, Greens would certainly have MPs in the House of Commons. So why not allow them to the debate? I find it refreshing to have a female voice at the discussion; especially someone as level headed as Elizabeth May.
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check out John's website at www.votejohnlawson.ca or stop by his office at 133 Woolwich street!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this Robert, I tried linking his name in my writing to his site, but it didn't work at the time, so i just linked the mercury article.
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