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Dandelion Remembered: One Small Woman, One Big Heart
By Pat Carl During the fall of 2019, I worked with a group of mostly women manning (an oxymoron that) the Green Party of Canada, North Island-Powell River (NIPR) candidate’s office located near the intersection of Anderton and Comox Avenue in Comox. One of those women...
May 2020 Newsletter
What’s happening with NIPR? The Electoral District Association (EDA) will be holding its AGM sometime this summer or fall. It will, in all likelihood, be an online event and we are in the process of figuring that out. Now is the time to start thinking about...
Federal Council Election: Organizational Failure or Voter Apathy?
by Pat Carl We cast our votes. The votes were counted. The Green Party of Canada announced the results on May 8. GPC has a partially new Federal Council and Young Greens Council. That’s because elections are held every year but only for a portion of the seats on the...
Refuse to Play the Consumerist Game in a Post-COVID World
by Pat Carl Pre-virus, pre-social distancing, we – the consumers – were tempted to buy products we didn’t need and probably didn’t want. We were hooked on all the latest big-ticket items: devices, clothing, cars, boats, RVs. You name it. Advertising firms and their...
Green Party of Canada Names New Executive Director
In a press release on April 22, 2020, the Green Party of Canada (GPC) announced a new Executive Director. Prateek Awasthi was formerly Director of Policy and Advocacy with Engineers Without Borders Canada and before that he worked for a decade as a specialist on...
April 2020 Newsletter
What’s happening with NIPR? The Greens of North Island-Powell River (NIPR) Electoral District Association (EDA) Executive have been working hard. Megan Ardyche started organizing a series of cross-Canada Zoom sessions with all the candidates for the Green Party...
Voting in the 2020 GPC Federal Council Election
Voting in this election is open until May 1st at 12:00pm PDT. If you have not received your ballot, or require other assistance, please email governance@greenparty.ca. To vote, you need the email you received from vote@simplyvoting.com. It includes a link to your...
Green Party of Canada Federal Council Election
2020 Federal Council Election This is an exciting year of renewal for the Green Party of Canada – a new Leader, a new Executive Director, and a new Federal Council. We hope to make it even more interesting for you through a series of online events. The election for...
March 2020 Newsletter
What’s happening with NIPR? The Greens of North Island-Powell River (NIPR) Electoral District Association (EDA) Executive have been working hard for you. Greens of North Island-Powell River (NIPR) Strategic Plan The NIPR Electoral District Association (EDA)...
Winter 2020 Newsletter
Winter 2020 Newsletter Message from the CEO The Greens of North Island-Powell River (NIPR) Electoral District Association (EDA) Executive have been hard at work since the election. The campaign team worked incredibly hard during the election. Mark de Bruijn, as...
Current News from the Green Party of Canada
- Green Party congratulates Leader Annamie Paul on historic gains in Toronto Centre by-election October 27, 2020 Rosie Emery
- Green Party of Canada supports Conservative motion but cautions against hyper-partisan politics October 26, 2020 Rosie Emery
- Green Party of Canada elated to see the BC Greens expand their caucus in BC provincial election October 25, 2020 Rosie Emery