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By Steve MayIt was brought to my attention earlier today that Ottawa-area Green, Sylvie Lemieux, officially launched a challenge for the Green Party's leadership at a barbecue hosted by municipal councilor and nominated Green Party candidate Bob Bell, in Guelph held this past weekend (see this article from the Guelph Mercury:
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By Steve JankeAs you might know, starting next month, Elizabeth May will no longer be the leader of Canada's Green Party. Or that would be true if Elizabeth May and her pets on the Green Party council had any respect for the party's constitution:from: Angry in the Great White North
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By DAVID AKIN, Parliamentary Bureau ChiefOTTAWA - After months of fighting anonymous critics inside her own party, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May finally has a target to shoot back at. Sylvie Lemieux, a former army lieutenant-colonel who ran for the Greens in an Ottawa-area riding in the last election, says she wants May's job.from: Toronto Sun
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By Greg MorrowIt’s been a while since I commented on what’s happening in the Green Party. Not that I think people are holding their breath in anticipation, but here’s a recap of what’s happened over the last while:from: democraticSPACE
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By James GrubelCANBERRA, July 8 (Reuters) - Australia's Greens party is on course to win control of the upper house Senate at elections that loom within weeks and will seek to push environmental policies to the fore of the next government's agenda.from: Reuters
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3 Lessons Last week, the Green Party of England & Wales made history by electing Caroline Lucas as their first MP to national office in Brighton Pavilion (BP). Lucas’s election illustrates three points that the Canadian Greens have ill understood: (1) the need to elect Greens to other levels of office as a stepping stone to national office, (2) the need to build strong regional bases of support and (3) the need to be more strategic in where they run star candidates and invest resources.from: democraticSPACE
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By Katharine MurphySome ignorant people would have you believe Tasmanians are born with two heads. We at The National Times know this to be a gross and malicious falsehood analogous with persistent and cruel mythology about New Zealanders and sheep.
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By Peter GorrieOn a breezy Saturday afternoon, with bands of thick cloud scudding across the sun, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May walked through the downtown core with about 200 other environmentalists marking Earth Day. After eight blocks, the small group heard a few songs and speeches at the B.C. capital’s Centennial Square. May, wearing a bright green coat and lavishing attention on her Shih Tzu, Spunky, greeted many participants with a hug. During the rally, she did a local TV interview. She’d offered to speak but, like other politicians, was advised the event was non-partisan.from: Toronto Star
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Green Party’s Mockus Gaining in Colombia Race, Poll Reveals
Also: Green Party’s Mockus Gaining in Colombia Race, Poll Reveals (pdf)By BloombergApril 15 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s Green Party candidate, Antanas Mockus, closed the gap with Juan Manuel Santos prior to next month’s presidential election even after announcing he suffers from Parkinson’s disease, a survey by Centro Nacional de Consultoria showed.from: Businessweek -
By Globe and MailFemale bloggers across Canada did what comes naturally and responded with their own posts. Annie Urban from www.phdinparenting.com notes that her blog is one of the 2,500 woman-written blogs that are part of the BlogHer network, which reaches more than 20 million people each month. "According to a BlogHer, ivillage and Compass Partners survey conducted in June 2009, there were 79 million female Internet users in the United States and 10% of them (8 million) write their own blogs," Ms. Urban writes. "I don't have comparative statistics for Canada, but from my experience, I expect it is very much the same. Women are blogging. Why aren't you reading them Margaret?from: Globe and Mail
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By Margaret WenteGuys seek thrills and speed. They go for the adrenalin rush. They get pumped by going higher, faster, farther than anyone else. They want lots of action and instant gratification. That's also why guys like blogging – instant opinions, and lots of them. Men clearly have an urge to blog that women lack. Like extreme snowmobiling, the blogosphere is dominated by men. Not many women are interested enough in spitting out an opinion on current events every 20 minutes.from: Globe and Mail
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By PAUL CARR, The IndependentAs I said at the time, Schopenhauer – writing two centuries ago - has managed to sum up all of the things that are wrong with anonymous comments on the web. In theory they allow honest criticism and debate, free from the fear of reprisal or the prying eyes of employers. A hospital doctor can criticise the health secretary without damaging his career prospects; an Iranian dissident can bring news from his country without risking his life. And yet, and yet…
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By JANE TABER, Globe and MailElasticity, indeed: His projections give Elizabeth May and the Green Party two seats, both in Ontario. Last week’s projections showed the Greens with none.
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By CBC NewsUpstart Projet Montréal dominated in the city's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, ousting several long-serving council members in its electoral sweep of the densely populated district.
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By HENRY AUBIN, The GazetteJohn Gomery, the now-retired judge who headed the federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal, is to announce at a news conference that he will be honorary chairperson of [Projet Montreal's] fundraising campaign.
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By ReutersA possible presidential run by a former Brazilian environment minister and famed Amazon defender promises to add spice to next year's election and could be a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chances of getting his hand-picked successor elected.
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By MARK KERSTEN, citizen journalist and former Green Party of Canada staffThe Pirate Party candidate elected in last month's European Parliamentary elections has joined the Green Party/European Free Alliance. It has not gone unnoticed by Canada's Green Party.
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By CARA CAMCASTLE, Simon Fraser University professor of politics and environmental studiesThe author’s 2005 survey that forms a basis for this article – the first ever academic survey of Green Party members addressed the apparent convergence between post-materialism and Green Party support.
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By JANICE HARVEY, President Green Party of New BrunswickThe Green Party of Canada's comprehensive policy document is called Vision Green. Of it, Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson had not much good to say. He likes the climate change policy which puts $50 price tag on a tonne of carbon. The rest he thinks is idealistic and out of touch with the global economy, on which we are entirely dependent.
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By Richmond NewsThe Green party has nominated Stephen Rees as its candidate for Richmond-East in the upcoming provincial election. Rees, a resident of Richmond-East, has been involved at the community level in Greater Vancouver for five years as a member of the Livable Region Coalition, campaigning against the Gateway program and in favour of Rail for the Valley. He was recently voted number one political blogger in B.C.