Archive for 2007 November

The Toronto-Danforth Federal Green Party Association will be holding an Annual General Meeting on Monday, December 10, 2007.  We will have a holiday-themed potluck.  We’ll be right in the middle of Hannukah, just a couple of weeks before Christmas, and happy to celebrate a belated Divali or a premature Chinese New Year or Groundhog Day.  Everyone is welcome, please bring your friends.

Toronto-Danforth Federal Green Party Association Annual General Meeting
Monday, 2007 December 10, 6 pm
Queen Street Presbyterian Church
947 Queen St East (southeast corner of Queen and Carlaw)
Food will be provided or bring yours to share.
Wheelchair accessible.  Free.

All positions on the Executive will be open.  Come out and help us build the Green Party in Toronto-Danforth.

The National Energy Board has recently announced that natural gas deliverability will drop in Canada by 7-15% over the next 2 years.  As always they are eternally hopeful for the future.

This opens up the question of what Premier McGuinty is thinking as he builds up natural gas power plants across the province.  Power plants like the Portlands Energy Centre could contribute to a growing threat to our ability to heat our homes in the future.

This is the community group that has party status at the OMB hearing representing the residents against the big box development on Eastern Ave:

East Toronto Community Coalition
Thursday, 2007 November 8, 6:30 pm
Jimmie Simpson Community Centre
(note venue change: Ralph Thorton is booked)

If you or anyone else you know is interested in the topics (see agenda below) we will be discussing, please feel free to join us.
See you there,
Kelly       Read more »

Well, it looks like Elizabeth May has found a way to chat with Jack Layton.

A BBC poll of people in 21 countries reveals that most are ready to make significant lifestyle changes to combat global warming.

Four out of five people indicated they were prepared to change their lifestyle – even in the US and China, the world’s two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide.

Also, most favor the Green Party policy of tax shifting: increasing taxes on climate-changing carbon while reducing personal taxes by the same amount.

And when those opposed to higher taxes were asked whether they would change their minds if other taxes were reduced in order to keep their total tax burden the same, the survey again discovered large majorities in every country in favoured of higher green taxes.