Green Party Candidate Hosted A 'Policy Walk & Roll” For Earth Day
/Robert Gibson, Green Party Candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha, held a walk through downtown Peterborough to speak about current issues on Friday afternoon.
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Ballots Are Filling Up For Peterborough Kawartha Provincial Election
/Ahead of the June Provincial election, most major parties in Peterborough-Kawartha have announced their candidates.
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The Peterborough-Kawartha riding association of the Ontario NDP has announced Jen Deck as nomination candidate for the upcoming election.
Deck is a teacher and the Occasional Teacher President of the Kawartha Pine Ridge Teachers’ Local of the Elementary Teachers Federation Ontario (ETFO).
A nomination meeting will be held on Thursday to confirm Deck as candidate.
Robert Gibson has been announced Green party candidate.
Gibson is a regular contributor to The Arthur, Trent Universities newspaper, and also hosts a show on Trent Radio called “Environmental Soup”. His show focuses on both environmental and social issues.
Gibson studied environmental science and environmental studies at Trent University from 2018 to 2020.
Greg Dempsey was announced the Liberal Party candidate in November 2021.
Dempsey is a Peterborough native, has served in the Canadian Foreign Service, represented Canada at the UN in New York, at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, and in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Tom Marazzo, a spokesperson during the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa and former Canadian military member is the candidate for the Ontario Party.
Dylan Smith, a pension administrative assistant, is running in Peterborough-Kawartha for the None of the Above Party. The None of the Above party was formed as a response to party members displeasure with all political parties.
Progressive Conservative Incumbent Dave Smith will also be on the ballot.
Interim Leader Of Green Party Of Canada To Speak At Local AGM
/Amita Kuttner, Interim Leader of Green Party of Canada will speak at the Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party of Canada Annual General Meeting
Photo courtesy of Amita Kuttner.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Registration will begin at 6 p.m.
Kuttner will be speaking from 6:30 p.m. until 6:55 p.m.
This meeting will be held via Zoom.
Click here to register. After registering participants will receive a confirmation email with further details.
Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party is Looking for a Local Candidate for MPP
/The Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party of Ontario Constituency Association announced Wednesday that they are looking for contestants for nomination as the local Green Party Candidate for MPP.
Photo courtesy of The Green party of Canada
“We heard loud and clear during the Federal election that people in our riding are concerned about the affordability of housing. The Green Party of Ontario has a stellar housing strategy. It is time for the needs and the solutions to meet,” said Pati Beaudoin, President, Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party.
This emphasis on Housing and Environment fits the priorities outlined by Mike Schreiner, MPP, and leader of the Green Party of Ontario, who tabled at motion on this topic in the legislature last week.
“Transportation is the biggest source of climate pollution in Ontario,” Schreiner said. “And a big portion of that comes from cars commuting back and forth pumping carbon into the air. That’s why I tabled a motion to tackle the housing affordability issues that are leading to more sprawl. This way we can greatly reduce pollution and tackle the housing and climate crises at the same time.”
The Green Party’s 9-point housing strategy focuses on building “15-minute communities” by lifting red-tape that prevents building duplexes, triplexes, laneway houses, tiny homes, etc., within urban boundaries. The policy includes provisions for “housing by Indigenous People and for Indigenous People” in urban areas. Housing First and Housing is a Human Right are fundamental principles. The policy provides for 60,000 units of permanent supportive housing along with other models such as shelters.
For more information on running as contestant for the Green Party contact info@ptbogreens.org
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Federal Candidate Interview: Green Party Candidate Chanté White
/Angela O’Grady speaks with the Green Party federal candidate Chanté White for the upcoming election. We answer community-submitted questions surrounding her stance on climate change, vaccine passports, the housing crisis and small businesses.
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Election Peterborough: How Social Media Will Have An Impact (And How To Interact With Local Candidates)
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In the past, it was much easier for politicians to avoid any meaningful dialogue with constituents while they were out on the campaign trail: to hide behind attack ads or to stick to carefully prepared key messages written by party spin doctors.
That is beginning to change, thanks to social media.
We, the citizens of Peterborough, can now do the following:
• engage with the political candidates on Twitter and on Facebook, asking that they run a campaign that is about issues and that they steer clear of personal attacks, half-truths, and hyperbole;
• insist that they provide factual, verifiable answers about their political record and that they spell out their plans for our riding in as much detail as possible;
• attend public events featuring the candidates and share audio and video footage of those presentations with our fellow voters via social media;
• write to the candidates about issues that matter to us and share their responses so that everyone can benefit from what we learn.
I intend to monitor the Facebook pages and Twitter feeds for Dean Del Mastro (CPC), Betsy McGregor (Lib), Dave Nickle (NDP), and the Green Party candidate (when that person is declared). I hope you will, too.
I hope you'll ask them questions and engage them in conversation so that, come voting day, you'll have a clear sense of which candidate will do the best job of representing the interests of the citizens of Peterborough Riding.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE CANDIDATES ONLINE:
Dean Del Mastro
web: TheDeanTeam.ca
facebook: Facebook.com/deandelmastro
twitter: @votedelmastro
Betsy McGregor
web: Betsymcgregor.liberal.ca
facebook: Facebook.com/betsymcgregor
twitter: @betsymcgregor
Dave Nickle
web: Davenickle.ca
facebook: Facebook.com/pages/Dave-Nickle/133285860052348
twitter: @davenickle
[written by PtboCanada contributor Ann Douglas]
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