Campaign office pops up

Update: See the CBC’s photo slideshow.

A shipping container + solar panels + Queen Street =
Canada’s first off-grid, solar powered, urban shipping container-chic Campaign Pop-up Office

Chris Tolley, Green Party candidate for Toronto-Danforth, launches the first ever off-grid, solar powered campaign pop-up office. Join us:

Wednesday, 2015 October 7, 1:30pm
899 Queen St E (south side of Queen, just east of Logan)

This office, fashioned out of a shipping container, is located on Queen Street East in trendy Leslieville. Campaign staff plan and coordinate Tolley’s campaign from this location.

“My opponents are running multi-story, huge offices with lights blazing. We want to show that you can do things differently. By repurposing a shipping container and adding solar power, we are proving, that with a bit of imagination, you can think outside of the box while working inside of it,” says Tolley.

The launch will include a ‘turning on the switch’ moment where the solar panels come alive and power the space, as well as a short talk from the candidate, Chris Tolley.

Quick hits — Toronto-Danforth:

• Federal seat was held by Jack Layton from 2004 – 2012
• Riding traditionally a strong Green riding
• Riding is in the east end of downtown Toronto
• Riding is home to Toronto’s Greektown, Little India, the city’s first Chinatown and the trendy Riverdale and Leslieville neighborhoods

Quick hits — Chris Tolley:

• Age 43
• He is an award-winning writer and director
• Has lived in Toronto-Danforth for 16 years
• His campaign website: vote2015.ca

Media contact — Steven McInnis

• 416-574-3477
• steven@vote2015.ca