Elizabeth May & Calgary’s Green Candidates
Elizabeth May joined Green candidates, volunteers and curious Calgarians for a a fundraiser at La Joie De Vivre in Inglewood.
Local Green candidates gave quick introductions, including Calgary Centre’s Natalie Odd and Brett Spencer of Calgary South-East.
Elizabeth May then spoke on a wide variety of subjects, including the Green Party’s steady popularity, vote abandonment, and how [...]
July 14, 2010
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Elizabeth May coming to Calgary!
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Elizabeth May returns to Calgary on July 8th, hosted at La Joie De Vivre (7 PM).
La Joie De Vivre
1008 14 Street SE
Calgary, AB T2G 3K3
Green Party members can attend for free, non-members will be charged $10 at the door. Non-members can (of course) purchase a green party membership for $10 at the event.
We’d [...]
June 14, 2010
Tags: Calgary, Calgary Green Party, Elizabeth May, hemp production, La Joie De Vivre, legalize marijuana, Lisa Kirkman, Noah Kirkman Posted in: Events One Comment
Elizabeth May – Executing
Murray Dobbin of Rabble.ca spoke with Elizabeth May regarding the evolving political landscape in Canada. The full interview can be found at Rabble.ca, but here is a sample of the exchange…
Do you think Harper has deliberately set out to discourage people from voting?
Absolutely. People thought that Harper had become more popular between the 2006 and [...]
January 9, 2010
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Elizabeth May at Calgary Petroleum Club
Calgary Enterprise Forum organized a debate at The Calgary Petroleum Club, asking the question “Is Oil Sands Development Ultimately Irreconcilable with the Environmental Agenda?”
Elizabeth May, Deborah Yedlin (Calgary Herald columnist) and Murray Smith (Energy Minister 2001-2005) found some common ground lamenting Alberta’s dependence on coal fired plants and the lack of any clearly stated Canadian [...]
November 20, 2009
Tags: CO2, Deborah Yedlin, development, Elizabeth May, environment, GHG, Green Party Calgary, Murray D. Smith, oil sands, tar sands Posted in: News No Comments
Elizabeth May on a Principled Approach to Copyright
Elizabeth May co-wrote a straight.com article giving credit where credit is due on our government’s current approach to copyright reform.
The fact that these consultations are being held is a small victory for those wishing to move forward on copyright reform. One of the most leveled criticisms of Ottawa’s earlier attempt at a copyright bill, Bill [...]
August 14, 2009
Tags: copyright, Elizabeth May, Green Party Calgary, innovation, Natalie Odd Posted in: Policy No Comments
Elizabeth and Victoria Cate on Twitter and Social Networks
While traveling between Calgary Stampede breakfasts where Elizabeth and her daughter Victoria Cate were volunteering to flip pancakes, tweets began to fly from animal rights activists concerning Elizabeth’s involvement in the Calgary Stampede.
This turned out to be an interesting example of how Elizabeth and Victoria Cate team up on communication. Victoria Cate was monitoring [...]
July 8, 2009
Tags: Calgary, Calgary Stampede, Calgary Stampede Breakfast, Elizabeth May, Facebook, Green Party Calgary, Social Networks, Twitter, Web 2.0 Posted in: Campaign No Comments
Elizabeth May – An Amazing Fundraising Event
Elizabeth May is one of the best speakers in Canada. Many people, especially Conservative voters, agreed that Elizabeth won the Leader’s Debate during the last election. Seeing her up close and watching how she presents herself and Green Party ideas it is easy to see why she was so popular with all [...]
July 6, 2009
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Elizabeth May and Natalie Odd – Call for Volunteers
Before yesterday’s fundraiser kicked off, Elizabeth May sat down with Natalie Odd to help craft our call for volunteers. Thanks to Elizabeth’s participation we now have a decent stash of video footage on the topic. We’ll be editing down versions shorter than this one, unless 8 minute commercials make a surprise comeback.
What’s that? You think [...]
July 3, 2009
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Enjoy some Wine and Cheese with Elizabeth May
Join us for an evening with Canada’s Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May!
July 2nd 2009 (Thursday), 7 PM to 9 PM at:
La Joie De Vivre, 1008 14th Street SE, Calgary AB
(403) 237-0537
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Tickets are $30 for non-Green Party members, and $15 for members. Venue proceeds will be donated to the Servants Anonymous Society of Calgary.
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June 21, 2009
Tags: cheese, Elizabeth May, fundraiser, Green Party Calgary, La Joie De Vivre, wine Posted in: Events No Comments
United States takes Action
With GM closing hundreds of dealerships across Canada this week, the Green Party hopes that Canada will fall in line with the recently announced US auto emission standards requiring 40 percent more fuel efficient vehicles by 2016. This is a long overdue step in the right direction, and with another 12,000 jobs expected to [...]
May 21, 2009
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