Elizabeth May & Calgary’s Green Candidates

gordon mcdowell — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:01:28 +0000

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 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 Harper’s autocratic style of government puts Canadian democracy in danger.

The following video is an 11 minute summary of Elizabeth May’s entire speech and Q&A session. You can click here to watch extended (53 minute) coverage, or click on the summary video’s “YouTube Annotation Links” as they appear, if you’d like to hear more about one particular topic.

00:24	Our strong support is not a protest vote. Adding “none of the above” below “Green Party” on polling ballots has little impact.
01:38	We do not elect a Prime Minister. We elect 308 members of Parliament, who could have picked someone other than Stephen Harper to be PM.
02:51	Greens are different because we do not pursue political expediency. All of our policies are focused on what is right in the long term.
03:44	The positive impact on civility and democracy electing even a single Green MP in Canada will have.
05:22	Green Party policy on nuclear power, and how Greens respond to emerging technologies.
07:20	Stephen Harper is gutting Environmental Impact Assessment. He is not making it more efficient.
09:44	How can Greens more effectively communicate to Canadians our fiscally conservative platform, and that we are not a single issue party?

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Elizabeth May – An Amazing Fundraising Event

Adrian Textor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:11:31 +0000

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 Canadians.

Elizabeth May is still very approachable, kind, and considerate. You too can see her in action and meet her in person October 2nd, 2009.
- Adrian Textor, Calgary Centre Green Party CEO

00:28	Preston Manning, Question Period & grass roots prairie populism.
02:39	Greens support tax fairness via income splitting.
04:12	Harper deferring Canadian climate policy to Obama is bad economics.
05:38	Kick-start the economy with green jobs. Avoiding structural deficit.
09:33	Harper’s 2009 budget lacks stimulus. Poor spending choices.
12:01	Tar-sands: Rapid expansion dangerous to our economy.
15:07	Harper cutting investments in renewable energy.
25:59	Q&A – Working with the NDP. Democracy.
29:50	Q&A – Rural Canada. Single industry towns. Pulp & paper industry.
34:00	Q&A – Hemp. Marijuana. Legalization. Regulation. Taxation.
36:39	Q&A – Harper’s interaction with Obama during press conference.
40:33	Q&A – Michael Ignatieff. Party politics.
42:03	Q&A – Crime fighting. Forensic accountants. Access to tax records.
44:09	Harper likely to fail confidence vote. Big opportunity.

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Elizabeth May & Calgary’s Green Candidates

Elizabeth May – An Amazing Fundraising Event