by Larry McCumsey | Aug 19, 2024 | Featured Events, News and Events
Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NIPR candidate, Jessica Wegg, to Visit the North Island! August 26th and 27th, 2024 Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is coming to North Vancouver Island. She will be accompanied by the North Island Powell River candidate Jessica Wegg. As many of you know, Elizabeth has spent her adult life and much of her youth tirelessly promoting social justice, the environment, human rights and fair economic policies. As an author, lawyer, environmentalist and human rights activist she has served Canadians since the 70’s, and has inspired a generation of like-minded people at home and around the globe. https://www.greenparty.ca/en Jessica Wegg, Green Party candidate for North Island Powell River, is one such inspired woman. A resident of K’omoks, Jessica is a wife, the mother of two young children, human rights lawyer and climate activist. Jessica has worked with sexual abuse victims and been a strong advocate for prisoner’s rights. She is passionate about the outdoors and spends a great deal of time there with her husband Jon and children. With that passion comes her commitment to our children and grandchildren to make our nation, and the earth, a better place for them to grow and thrive. https://jessicawegg.ca/ The events below are opportunities to let the Green Party know what’s important to you and the issues that affect your lives. You have our attention! North Island Events: Monday, August 26th, 11am-1pm, Sointula - Coffee with Elizabeth & Jessica at Coho Joe’s Café Monday, August 26th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Port McNeill - Meet and Greet, Gatehouse Theatre Tuesday, August 27th, around 2:30pm, Alert Bay - Meet and Greet, Council Hall Join us in the...
by Larry McCumsey | May 1, 2024 | News and Events
AGM Announcement! Sunday, June 2, 2024 — 1:30-3:00pm Powell River Public Library #100-6975 Alberni Street Featured speaker: Jessica Wegg, Candidate for the North Island-Powell River Greens and International Trade Critic for the Green Party of Canada. Jessica will be accompanied by her Campaign Manager, Don Goodeve. We look forward to greeting you all in person. If you are unable to attend in person Zoom access will be available online for registrants. Register by clicking on the below link. RSVP 2024 NIPR AGM (greenparty.ca) VOTING AND MEMBERSHI[PS The AGM is open to anyone, but only Members are able to vote at an AGM. If you’re unsure of your membership status, you can find out here (you will need your user name and password) or you can contact us and we’ll confirm your standing. If your membership has lapsed less than one year before June 2, 2024 you can renew it up to the day of the AGM. If it has expired more than 1 year before June 2, you must renew it at least 30 days before the AGM (i.e., by May 4). Buy or renew membership here. NOMINATING MEMBERS TO THE NIPR BOARD One of the key functions at an AGM is the election of a new Board of Directors for the coming year. We are always keen to welcome new board members. Any member is eligible to join the board. Any member can nominate another member to join the board. If you are interested, please contact Mark de Bruijn before May 26. We encourage you to join us!...
by Larry McCumsey | Feb 28, 2024 | News and Events
GREEN PARTY LEADERS COMING TO CAMPBELL RIVER ON MARCH 2 Canada is expected to have another Federal election in October 2025. Green party leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault launched their national campaign almost two weeks ago. Cortes Currents interviewed them in Ottawa (via ZOOM) this last Monday. They will be coming to the Maritime Heritage Centre in Campbell River on Saturday, March 2. Check out the interview at: Green Party Leaders coming to Campbell River on March 2 | Cortes...
by Larry McCumsey | Feb 15, 2024 | News and Events
Tired of being pulled apart? – LET’S COME TOGETHER! What a time we’re in! There is so much at stake as we head toward another Federal Election (before the end of 2025), where The Green Party of Canada seizes the opportunity to reinforce the impact and counter-balancing presence of our current Green MP’s — Party Leader, Elizabeth May and Kitchener-Waterloo MP, Mike Morrice. Instead of being ‘pulled apart’ by the dysfunction in Ottawa, let’s ‘come together’ in support of what’s already working! Let’s boldly bring our Green values into Parliament! Let’s magnify the qualities we long to see in our politics! We are thrilled to have the Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, and Deputy Leader Jonathan Pedneault, coming to North Island-Powell River for a public TOWNHALL. Join us at 3:30 pm, Saturday, March 2nd at the Campbell River Maritime Heritage Centre, 621 Island Hwy. Bring your questions and concerns, and help build a bright future for Canada. SAVE THE DATE! …and join us for what’s sure to be an invigorating and inspiring conversation! Feel free to bring your neighbors and your kin–all are welcome! We look forward to seeing you...
by Larry McCumsey | Dec 21, 2023 | News and Events
December 21, 2023 Greetings, The wild and wacky days of winter are upon us, high winds, rain/frost/snow or all of the above in one day. Bring out the boots, coats and mittens and enjoy the cold air! Our Green NIPR (North Island-Powell River) Executive team is preparing for our Strategic Planning retreat in early 2024 and we are asking for your support. We also put out our quarterly newsletter this month: see the December Newsletter here! We are very thankful for the support that you have given in the past. It does take all of us working together to create the positive changes we are looking for, and we appreciate and value the contributions that you are able to make. There is a new Green Party initiative, the Campaign School, that is another activity you could assist us with. The first two modules were presented this past month and the next modules will begin in the spring. Your donation for this unique project can have a real impact. Our NIPR EDA has committed funding and personnel to participate in this new initiative designed to build a winning campaign culture and team as we prepare for the next election. This training series will blend the approach of Community Organizing & Leadership championed by Marshall Ganz, with the demonstrated best practices within the Green Party of Canada that have helped get Greens elected and our issues debated in Parliament. Recently, Green Party MP Mike Morrice introduced a motion to apply a windfall tax on oil and gas profits that would generate $4.2 billion to be directed towards proven climate solutions and affordability measures for Canadians. If...
by Larry McCumsey | Nov 29, 2023 | News and Events
Sierra Quadra is presenting Emmanuel Cappellin’s latest documentary “ONCE YOU KNOW” on December 16 at the Quadra Community Centre. Doors open 7 pm, film begins 7:30. Admission by donation. Hot beverages and desserts. Internationally renowned French cinematographer and documentary filmmaker Emmanuel Cappellin meets with the world’s leading climatologists for an exploration of what it means to wake up to the truth about the climate crisis and its ensuing impacts. We may have thought of climate change as an event from a science fiction novel, but the reality is that the human race is sleepwalking into a climate change induced collapse which has to be accepted and confronted and which has already arrived. Cappellin’s gripping documentary asks how do you continue living a normal life with meaning once you know that the world is on the brink of catastrophe? And can you? Connected to the natural world at an early age, Cappellin’s worldview is shaken while traveling aboard a giant container ship to Asia, leaving him obsessed with how to best respond personally and collectively to the planet’s existential crisis. Trapped at sea with 18,000 containers, his mind spins as he calculates the millions of goods and billions of economic transactions that will take place across the planet just from this one vessel, a cornerstone of the global growth machine responsible for altering the world’s climate. Panic attacks take hold of him, and visions of apocalypse flash before his eyes. This visceral experience becomes a turning point in Cappellin’s life as he ponders how climate and energy scientists manage to face similar visions on a daily basis. His quest takes...
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