Momentum

Having just returned home from the Green Party convention in Pictou, Nova Scotia, I am even more motivated to continue in my efforts to ensure that Greens get elected! Green Party members spent the last 3 days in workshops, discussing and amending over 200 resolutions that will make our policies even more robust.

We heard several speakers over the weekend, including Dr. John O'Connor who identified the increase in cancer rates in people living downwind from the Athabasca Tar Sands; Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of Forest Products Association of Canada who spoke about the need for environmentally sound forestry; Holly Dressel who addressed the current state of our Canadian Health Care system; Nobel Prize winner Jim Bruce who updated us about the climate crisis; and Andrew Nikiforuk who discussed the ramifications of Canada as a "petro-state".

Each of these speakers was compelling and inspired us to carry our motivation with us to the polls at the next federal election, but even more importantly, to keep Green Party policies in the forefront.

A National poll, recently conducted by Ipsos-Reid, has concluded that three quarters of Canadians want the government to "adopt stimulus measures that are environmentally sustainable". I am encouraged that so many Canadians feel this way, and will continue to support policies that lead us in this direction.

A Sustainable future is a Green future!