Archive for Social justice & diversity

The Green Party of Canada supports the coalition of opposition parties currently in Parliament. Please visit this Green Party sponsored website for more information.  Please see Elizabeth May’s statement below.     Read more »

Homeless Response Alliance all-candidates meeting
Tuesday, 2008 September 23, 12:30 pm
WoodGreen, 875 Queen St East

Toronto-Danforth candidates to speak about homelessness and poverty, including the connections to immigration and refugees. Sharon Howarth will be there. For more information, contact Holly Kraer at 416-850-8785 or 647-222-4420.

Here’s Elizabeth May talking about poverty and homelessness:
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And here she is talking about poverty and seniors:
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Update: The links above went missing, sadly, when Google Video closed up shop.  Here are some additional videos of Elizabeth talking about poverty:

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Sunshine Walk for Climate Justice
Saturday, 2008 October 4, 12 noon
Toronto to Ottawa

Join us.  We’ll be taking letters from our friends and supporters to Prime Minister Harper, asking him to make Canada a leader in clean, renewable living systems at home, and in compassion and responsibility abroad.     Read more »

A free screening of the movie “Who Cares if Bangladesh Drowns?” with filmmaker Afsan Chowdhury.

Sunday, 2008 August 24, 2 pm
Trinity St. Paul’s Church
427 Bloor St West (west of Spadina)
Free

Presented by the organizers of the Sunshine Walk for Climate Justice, to be held Oct 4-20, from Toronto to Ottawa.

High energy prices and dwindling reserves of cheap, conventional oil colliding with the clear and present danger of the climate crisis demands that long-term decisions be taken.  There is no room for political expediency.     Read more »