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Monday, 2012 March 12, 7:30pm
Call toll-free: 1-888-886-6603, then 18338#

This is a chance for people to ask questions and have them answered by Elizabeth May and Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu.  Just dial in and speak directly with Elizabeth and Adriana.

The oil pipeline to Texas:

Update: The audio recordings of all questions and answers are now online:     Read more »

The video embedded above can be found on CPAC’s site.

Monday, 2012 March 19, 8pm – midnight
Sidewalk Cafe, 1342 Danforth Ave (east of Greenwood)

Clipped from the full nomination meeting speech here.

More photos and videos from this town hall event here.

TORONTO – The robocalls scandal shows the need for a wider clean-up of our electoral system, says the Green Party of Canada.  “First of all, we need to have a public commission of inquiry into the robocalls scandal and get to the bottom of it.  But we also need to look at wider issues including the investigative power of Elections Canada, the increasing use of negative election tactics, and whether more teeth need to be added to the Elections Act,” said Green Leader Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands.

Green candidate in the ongoing Toronto-Danforth by-election Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu agreed, “The robocalls scandal involves such a volume of complaints and is so widespread, it should now be turned over for a full public inquiry.  Then we need to make sure that Elections Canada can handle any future complaints.”     Read more »

Quoting Joanna Lavoie, writing in InsideToronto.com, quoting Adriana at the all-candidates meeting:

However, a number of hot-button issues did come up during the debate, notably the alleged robo-calls scandal, the questionable automated calls during the May 2011 election, and how to restore voter confidence in light of it.

Green Party candidate Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu said her party’s leader Elizabeth May is the only parliamentarian to open her budget to the public.

“I’d like to see more transparency across the board,” she said of the scandal, which she called “a serious, criminal act.”

Further, she pointed to the Greens’ support for proportional representation, adding if implemented, the robo-call scheme wouldn’t have been as effective as a much smaller percentage of the voting population would have been impacted.

Taken in the Autumn of 2011 by Steve Carty.

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Saturday, 2012 February 11, 6pm
393 Danforth Ave (near Chester)

By Saturday, the office will look like an office and we will celebrate the arrival of Sharon Labchuk to manage the campaign here.  Come out to see the office, meet Sharon, find out about what’s planned for the campaign and help kick the campaign off into high gear.

Update: Thanks to David Langer for this video:

Here’s Adriana at the nomination meeting where she was chosen as the Green Party candidate for the 2012 by-election:

Thanks to Andrew Casement and friends for this.

Update: Harper updated the original announced date.

Voting day in Toronto-Danforth will be Monday, 2012 March 19.  Of course there will be advance polls and other alternatives available before then.

The Beaches Riverdale Mirror and East York Mirror have published a question-and-answer article featuring Tim Whalley and other candidates.

Follow this link to the whole article reproduced on Inside Toronto.

Here are Tim’s answers:     Read more »

Sunday, 2011 September 25, 2pm – 6pm
Withrow Park, in Riverdale

Project Neutral is a competition between two Toronto neighborhoods, Riverdale and the Junction, to transition to carbon neutrality.

They are hosting an event in Withrow Park this Sunday.  Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu and Tim Whalley will both attend.

Notice anything different about the site?  Me neither.  Thank Shawn Khan for that.  He moved DanforthGreens.ca to a new, more reliable, host.  While not disturbing anything else.

Tim’s statement on local arts and youth engagement at City Hall as part of the Toronto 300.

Tim Whalley has been chosen by the local riding association to represent the Green Party of Ontario in the 2011 provincial elections.  Voting day is October 6.

Tim is the executive director of Scarborough Arts and actively works with a broad range of organizations, stakeholders and residents to enrich the community and make it more liveable.  He holds a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, and has taught at the university level and served on a number of boards of directors.  Tim lives in the Greenwood / Gerrard neighbourhood with his teacher wife and their infant child.  He is a member of local organizations such as the Toronto Environmental Alliance and Toronto Cyclists Union.     Read more »

A letter from George Monbiot published in the Globe and Mail in response to Margaret Wente’s “Hard Questions for Elizabeth May“:

Margaret Wente suggests I said that environmentalists “don’t understand the science and they don’t understand the economics” (Hard Questions For Ms. May – May 10). I’ve said nothing of the kind.      Read more »

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