By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star Published: September 19, 2008
Green leader Elizabeth May is confident this federal election will be groundbreaking for her party. May spoke to more than 250 people during a stop at Vernon’s Polson Park Friday. “We need a change in Ottawa and we need it now,” she said, while flanked by Okanagan-Shuswap candidate Huguette Allen. “We will change the climate in Parliament.” May says people are frustrated with how the other parties are only focused on their own interests and not those of Canadians. “We will work co-operatively and respect others. Let’s go there and say, ‘Whatever works, we will do.’” But May did lash out at Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, saying he only called the election because he was afraid the Greens would win a scheduled byelection in Ontario. “He didn’t want Canadians to see the Greens scoring so much higher than the Conservatives.” She also believes that is the reason why Harper originally opposed May participating in the televised leaders’ debate. But Harper agreed to May’s involvement after a public furor arose. “Canadians who aren’t usually engaged in politics were offended,” she said, adding that Harper should be concerned about the Greens growing in popularity across the country.
“He understands that we reach out to his traditional base. A lot of people drawn to Reform wanted grassroots populism and they have been let down by Stephen Harper.” May touched on a number of issues including health care, and the need to get to the root cause of illness. “The single largest source of ill health is poverty and we need to address that issue,” she said.
2 comments:
You truly have to laugh at these parties that think the Canadian people are so stupid that they can promise the world, knowing full well that they will never be in power to actually be responsible for making good..Jack LAYTON and now MAY the GREEN party are masters at it.
The Green party is the only realistic alternative at this time
If you took your civic duty seriously and read the party policy manual you would sing a different tune
However political eye blinkers are in the way!
The Green party policies is the narrative of our planet today
The bigotry of the Reform Party under Harper who is the neocons' poodle like Bliar in the UK is the politics of the past ...of rednecks of yesterdays' men!!
So not a matter of laughter but rather a matter to weep over
Harper spends 45 billion to kill and maim people while he is mean spirited enough to deny mothers and families some badly needed child care services
Green is the only way to go!
That's where the 'big bucks'are in the future and that's where the future of our planet lies
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