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Old-Growth Forest Defenders Ramp It Up!
This photo is from the August 8 protest held in Nanaimo on August 8. It was called by Extinction Rebellion Nanaimo. At the time there was a hunger strike going on in an effort to focus the BC NDP’s attention on citizen opposition to their continued logging of...
July 2020 Newsletter
Green Party of Canada (GPC) Leadership Race BREAKING NEWS: The NIPR EDA is going to be hosting one-on-one Zoom sessions with the leadership contestants in September! Some dates have been confirmed; others have yet to be. Stay tuned to the NIPR website or Facebook page...
Open Letter to Catherine McKenna re BC Ferries
Opportunities for a green infrastructure investment in BC Ferries The Honourable Catherine McKenna Minister of Infrastructure and Communities January 27, 2020 Dear Ms. McKenna: Re: Opportunities for a green infrastructure investment in BC Ferries. I have read your...
June 2020 Newsletter
What’s happening with NIPR? Welcome to the June North Island-Powell River Electoral District Association (NIPR EDA) Newsletter. As the pandemic continues and BC moves into Phase Three of response, politics at the local and federal levels has never been more...
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...
Current News from the Green Party of Canada
- Lack of substantial emissions targets or credible climate plan among reasons Greens voted no on Bill C-12 May 5, 2021 Rosie Emery
- Green Party Statement on World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2021 Rosie Emery
- Green Party Statement on Orthodox Easter May 2, 2021 Rosie Emery