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Advance voting opens today, Earth Day.  What better way of celebrating than by voting for the Earth?

Advance polls are open Easter weekend
Friday, 2011 April 22, noon – 8 pm
Saturday, 2011 April 23, noon – 8 pm
Monday, 2011 April 25, noon – 8 pm

To find your advance poll station, visit elections.ca,
type your postal code and press Go to find your riding,
and then click on Where do I vote?

Please.  Your Green vote will be noticed and will make a difference.  We need your help to change the direction of politics in Canada.

Everyone is welcome vote in the advance polls.

Election day remains Monday, May 2.

The Xof1 solar car is not allowed to drive on public roads.  So its creator, Marcelo da Luz, pulled it all the way as he walked the distance from Niagara Falls to Toronto.  His ceremonial end point was Queen’s Park.  After arrival, Adriana walked with him and the car back to his home in Toronto-Danforth.

From the press release:

TORONTO, ONTARIO, MEDIA ADVISORY–(Marketwire – April 21, 2011) – The Green Party’s candidate for Toronto-Danforth, Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, will participate in an all-candidates debate on Saturday, April 23, from 7pm to 9pm.

Organized by Engineers Without Borders, the debate will include candidates from three Toronto ridings: Toronto-Centre, Toronto-Danforth and Trinity-Spadina, and will focus on the issue of Canada’s foreign assistance and international development. The debate will take place in Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003, University of Toronto (73 Queen’s Park Crescent East).

Update:  You can watch the debate here.

From today’s press release:

TORONTO, ONTARIO, MEDIA ADVISORY–(Marketwire – April 19, 2011) – The Green Party’s candidate in Toronto-Danforth, Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, will speak to the people of the riding in an all-candidates debate on Thursday, April 28, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

As of today, the debate will also include Marie Crawford, Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada, and Andrew Lang, Liberal Party of Canada. The NDP’s Jack Layton has not yet responded to the invitation and Conservative candidate, Katarina von Koenig declined to participate.

The debate will be held at the United Church on the north-west corner of Pape and O’Connor.

I have been wanting to comment for days on the appalling response to flooding in First Nations communities.  Apparently the election is getting in the way of what was always an inadequate response.