CANADA VOTES 2008
Green Party issues challenge to other local candidates
As reported by the Recorder and Times yesterday, Green Party candidate Jeanie Warnock has issued a challenge to other candidates "to demonstrate what steps they're taking to reduce the environmental footprint of their campaigns".
Warnock and her supporters will be distributing white pine seedlings at three locations in Brockville and in Kemptville over today and tomorrow, in order to offset the CO2 emissions generated by her campaign.
Scientists urge Canadians to 'vote strategically' for the environment
Canwest News Service / Mike DeSousa / 07 October 2008
OTTAWA - Canada's top global warming scientists weighed into the election campaign on Tuesday, blasting the Conservative government's record on climate change and urging Canadians to "vote strategically" for the environment to protect future generations and modern civilization.
Ask candidates to respond to environmental questions
This letter-to-the-editor was published in the Recorder and Times yesterday:
Climate change has emerged globally as the definitive economic, environmental, political and social issue of the 21st century. The conservative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that to avoid dangerous levels of climate change, developed countries must reduce their carbon emission by 25-40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.
The climate crisis requires both individual lifestyle changes and effective government policies to spark widespread economic and social changes.
Challenging Politicians to “Turn on the Tap”
Ottawa – During the 2008 Federal Election all major political parties were issued a challenge, by the Polaris Institute in collaboration with David Suzuki, to “Turn on the Tap” and make their campaigns bottled water free.
In the past year universities, faith-based organizations, restaurants and municipalities across the country committed to public water systems by restricting bottled water use. In the 2008 election the New Democrats and Green Party joined a growing movement of Canadians taking a stand in support of public water.
Ask candidates to sign the Kyotoplus agreement
During the Election, Greenpeace is asking Candidates to support strong action by signing the KYOTOplus Pledge.
Before the Federal Election was called, only about one-third of Canada's 308 Members of Parliament had signed the Pledge.
To join this national effort, download and print the Pledge. Then approach the Candidates in your riding to sign. It is important that you ask Candidates from ALL PARTIES so we can show, riding by riding, who is willing to act on global warming. Check the Candidates list to find out who has signed and who hasn’t signed the Pledge.
Council of Canadians: Voters Guide 2008
The Council of Canadians is an independent, non-partisan, public interest organization. It provides a critical voice on key national issues and does not endorse any specific party or individual candidate. The information in the CoC's Voter Guide was obtained from a combination of research on party websites and the public record. It is based on information that was available at the time of publication. The political parties noted all received more than two per cent of the popular vote in the last federal election.
