Archive for 2008 April

The six fundamental principles of the Green Party of Canada, in Serbian:     Read more »

Toronto-Danforth Greens have come a long way in a very short period of time. It was only 2 1/2 years ago that our past CEO, Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, started the Toronto-Danforth Federal Green Party Association. Today, we have hundreds of members and thousands of supporters.     Read more »

It is with pleasure I write this message to the many long-term members and the great many new supporters on the launch of the first E-Newsletter for the Toronto-Danforth Greens. This Newsletter is a clear example of the incredible skills and expertise of those who make up the Green Party in our riding. An exuberant welcome to you all.     Read more »

The Green Party’s momentum continues to build right across Canada and here in Toronto-Danforth. The latest poll from Harris-Decima Research for the Globe and Mail put the Green Party at 18% in Ontario and 13% across Canada. The next election will see Green Party seats in the House of Commons. In fact if past trends hold for Toronto-Danforth (thanks to all of you we are one of the strongest Green Party Ridings in Ontario!), we could be at 25% support already and growing. This puts us within easy striking distance of an election win.     Read more »

Green Party leader Elizabeth May wrote in her wonderful book “How to Save the World in Your Spare Time”, that “making democracy work is work.”     Read more »

First of all, thank you to everyone who contributed to this first issue of the new Toronto-Danforth Greens Newsletter. And thank you for taking the time to read it. The newsletter will focus on issues and events in our riding and provide a “Green perspective” on many issues in the day to day media.     Read more »

Tuesday, 2008 April 22, 1:00 pm
METRO HALL SQUARE (King and John)
Send a WAKE-UP CALL on the CLIMATE CRISIS, Bring a bell to ring!
DEMAND: Kyoto at a minimum 30% greenhouse gas reductions by 2020, comprehensive, just, green energy and economic strategy.
Followed by a STREET FESTIVAL on JOHN STREET
plus free eco films at NFB all day! (Front and John) 3-6 pm

Please drop by the Green Party booth at The Green Living Show:

The Green Living Show
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 2008 Apri 25, 26, 27
Exhibition Place
www.greenlivingshow.ca

Join local community gardener Kyla Dixon-Muir for a workshop at Grassroots:

Community gardening workshop
Wednesday, 2008 April 23, 7:30 pm
Grassroots, 372 Danforth (near Chester station)
Register at 416-944-1993
$10/$5 students/seniors

Tax Shifting for a Greener Future
A St. Lawrence Centre Forum
Wednesday, 2008 April 9, 7:30 pm
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
27 Front Street East
free

The St. Lawrence Centre Forum this week will focus on the dominant plank of the Green Party approach — the tax shift that makes polluters pay for the costs of their activities, especially on carbon.  A couple of years ago, this idea was considered bizarre.  Now it’s being considered more and more mainstream, with Quebec and British Columbia already implementing provincial versions.     Read more »

Tonight!  (Shoulda blogged this sooner, but I forgot).  An opportunity to see representatives of the NDP, Liberals, Green Party of Canada and a Progressive Conservative senator talk about Peace and Justice together.

Public Forum: The Human Right to Peace: Full Time Work
Friday, 2008 April 4, 7:30-9:30 pm
Church of the Holy Trinity
10 Trinity Square
(behind the Toronto Eaton Centre at Bay south of Dundas)
$10? (I can’t remember the cost)     Read more »

Canada, long considered an important moderating international player, is rapidly becoming an international pariah under PM Harper’s government.  On climate change, we’ve announced that we will be making no effort to meet our Kyoto obligations and we’ve more recently hampered progress during the Bali negotiations.  On indigenous rights we were one of only four nations to oppose the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), negotiated with Canada leading the way under the previous Chretien/Martin governments.  Now, it turns out Canada led the way to defeating a UN resolution to enshrine a universal right to clean water.     Read more »

It’s disturbing to consider that the decisive factor in delivering a Conservative government in the last election was a personal decision by RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli to name Ralph Goodale in a criminal investigation in the middle of the election period.   Mr. Goodale was later cleared of wrongdoing.     Read more »

Check out this story from the Daily Telegraph in London.