God bless Mitchel Raphael
For stepping in every once and a while to make me feel like I still matter some small amount. This is much better than last time. Elizabeth May and Chris Tindal at the Losing Confidence book launch in...
View ArticleWho do you know in the GPO?
Ontario politics has been getting interesting recently with the election of Andrea Horwath as new NDP leader and the resignation of John Tory as PC leader. And, below the surface, the Green Party of...
View ArticleFrank de Jong to step down as Green Party of Ontario leader
After 16 years at the helm, Green Party of Ontario Leader Frank de Jong said yesterday that he is stepping down. De Jong made the announcement to party members during opening remarks at the party’s...
View ArticleMike Schreiner will become Green Party of Ontario leader
The Green Party of Ontario, which was anticipating a leadership race culminating in a convention November 13 to 15, 2009, has just announced that at the close of nominations Mike Schreiner is the only...
View ArticleFinal push for Chris Chopik
Friends, if you have any time today or tomorrow please lend a hand to Chris Chopik, the Green Party of Ontario’s candidate in the September 17th St. Paul’s by-election. A strong showing by Chris is a...
View ArticleHey, we can have a Seinfeld convention too!
I’m writing this from a Via train (thanks to iPhone tethering, not the near-useless Via wifi) en route to London for the Green Party of Ontario’s Leadership and Policy Conference. Like the most recent...
View ArticleMike Schreiner inspires members, sets out vision
Crossposted from my blog on gpo.ca, which has even more posts from this weekend’s convention. Leadership contestant Mike Schreiner spent 30 minutes this morning answering questions from Greens in...
View ArticleGreens learn “lessons of an Obama field organizer”
Crossposted from my blog on gpo.ca, because it’s that damned important. Robert Routledge / Submitted photo Robert Routledge ran his “lessons of an Obama field organizer” convention workshop in the same...
View ArticleA new era for the Green Party of Ontario
I was asked to write a summary of the provincial Greens’ recent meeting in London, Ontario for the party’s monthly newsletter (PDF). Here it is. I think that our new leader Mike Schreiner said it best...
View ArticleThe state of the Green Party of Canada
On the occasion of the best electoral result in the history of the Green Party of Canada, it’s important to take a few minutes to examine where the party has been and where it goes from here. It’s also...
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