Home

Blog

Syndicate content

Op-Ed: Restructuring will save pensioners and taxpayers

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 05:00 — nepean

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but certainly in the next decade it will be impossible to get elected on a platform of sustaining federal pensions for civil servants as they existed in 2009. The 300,000 current federal civil servants represent 2% of the 14 million active voters in Canada. The 10 Ottawa-area ridings held by the Liberal, NDP and Conservative parties may vote to protect these pensions with a huge federal public service voter contingent, but 7 out of 308 federal ridings does not make a majority.

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

2009-07-13 eNewsletter from Jean-Luc Cooke (Green Candidate for Nepean-Carleton)

Mon, 07/13/2009 - 07:00 — nepean

Greetings,

The summer is here and no election - that was too close.

Getting Government Money for Home Renovations

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 03:16 — nepean

Jean-Luc Cooke and the Nepean-Carleton Green Party present a set of week night presentations with small business owner and certified home energy auditor Derek Vandermeer.

Jean-Luc has lunch with Elizabeth May and the press

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 07:00 — nepean

On a hot summer day in a trendy Conservative Party clubhouse in downtown Ottawa, Jean-Luc sat down with other candidates from the Ottawa area for our annual lunch with the leader Elizabeth May.

Ottawa Citizen Editorial Board discussion -listen to MP3

Sun, 10/12/2008 - 01:21 — lori

Somebody called up and was looking for this today! So if you really want to listen to all Nepean-Carleton candidates being grilled in front of the editorial board, make yourself comfortable. It's an hour long and it's available from this page: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/editorialboard/index.html   

Strategic voting makes no sense, says May

Fri, 10/10/2008 - 02:51 — lori

Media Release October 9, 2008

On Tuesday, Canada needs to elect Green Party MPs, leader Elizabeth May said today.

“Media reports and suggestions from other parties that I am urging strategic voting across the country or that backroom deals are being made are complete nonsense,” Ms. May said. “As I have said over and over, strategic voting is generally not a sound strategy at all and I do not support it. Canada needs to elect Green MPs. “

"Dirty Politics" in Osgoode

Sat, 10/04/2008 - 14:16 — lori

The front page of the Ottawa South Weekender has the headline "Dredging up the past 'smacks of dirty politics' says Osgoode resident". According to the community paper, Joe Banks, respected author, journalist, and former President of the Osgoode Village Community Association, was bounced as moderator from the Osgoode all-candidates debate on Wednesday because Pierre Poilievere complained that Joe was partisan. Apparently Mr. Poilievere was concerned that Mr. Banks might be influenced because his wife worked for former Nepean-Carleton Liberal MP David Pratt four years ago.

You could have been taking the train, or bus, or cycling...

Thu, 09/25/2008 - 21:36 — nepean
Some supporters came out on Wednesday to help make the point to commuters on River Road that Ottawa needs a real federal partner when developing transit plans. Not someone who likes to play politics with infrastructure funding.

Is there really a liberal candidate this election?

Wed, 09/24/2008 - 19:36 — nepean

Ed Mahfouz the Liberal candidate didn't make it to the CBC studio today for the roundtable discussion with Nepean-Carleton candidates. Similarly he was a no-show on Sunday night when the Nepean-Carleton candidates were in the CFRA studio to discuss the issues. He was able to phone in for part of the CFRA show but then apparently had a fundraiser to go to. Perhaps he is too busy boning up on his new party's policies to actually field questions from reporters. The Citizen editorial board last week grilled him repeatedly about his two failed Conservative nomination bids.

12next ›last »