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2010-01-26: eNewsletter: Wine and Cheese with the Green Candidate


Tue, 01/26/2010 - 22:57 — nepean

Hello!

Time for another eNewsletter.  As always, please contact me or the Green Party riding association with any questions.

Please make it out to our complementary event on February 9th!

Items this month:

1. Wine and Cheese with the Green Candidate
2. Green Party of Canada releases 2010 edition of Vision Green
3. Jean-Luc joins other concerned citizens on Parliament Hill to protest the 2009 prorogation.


1. Wine and Cheese with the Green Candidate

Are
you looking for a way to beat the winter blahs? We have the perfect answer—the Green
Party of Nepean-Carleton Electoral District Association (EDA) Annual General Meeting and Wine and Cheese!                                    

Date:               Tuesday, February 9th,
2010

Time:              7:00-8:30 pm

Place:             Manotick Legion Hall, 5550 Ann Street, Manotick

RSVP:             jean-luc.cooke@greenparty.ca

Come
meet our nominated candidate, Jean-Luc Cooke, and find out what the Green Party
has planned for a potential spring election. A special guest, Catherine Johannson, National Political
Campaign Director, Green Party of Canada,
will be on hand to explain the campaign to elect Elizabeth
May and how the Green Party is more relevant than ever. 

This
is a complimentary event and your guests are welcome. However, we will be
electing a new executive, and only members of the Green Party residing in Nepean-Carleton
are allowed to vote in AGM matters. To join, or to renew your membership, costs
$10 at www.greenparty.ca .

If
you are interested in standing for one of the EDA executive positions, please
contact Dana Gourley at gourleyd@rogers.com.
Current EDA positions include:

  • President
  • Financial Agent
  • Membership/Communications Chair
  • Fundraising Chair
  • Volunteer Chair
  • Secretary

This
evening is a fantastic opportunity to meet and mingle with the new executive
and key behind-the-scenes strategists, and find out about Green programs in and
around Nepean-Carleton. Please mark your calendars and RSVP with your name and
phone number as soon as possible.

2. Green Party of Canada releases 2010 edition of Vision Green

On Monday February 25th in
Charles-Lynch Press Gallery located in Centre Block of Parliament Hill
the Green Party released their new platform. (http://greenparty.ca/issues).  Highlights include:
- Income splitting to encourage more family time
- Restorative justice not just longer jail times and bigger jails
- Policies on bailouts

3. Jean-Luc joins other concerned citizens on Parliament Hill to protest the 2009 prorogation

A chilly February 23rd, thousands of
concerned citizens as part of a grassroots movement to ask for the
Prime Minister to call Parliament back to work.  Jean-Luc was in
attendance and presented well.  Here is Elizabeth May's speech if you
missed it http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Dy_yAV41WZ8

Good day, and keep warm!

Jean-Luc Cooke
jean-luc.cooke@greenparty.ca [ Website | Facebook | Twitter ]
Federal Green Party Candidate for Nepean--Carleton