Green party eyes ‘more successful’ election
[From The Orillia Packet & Times]
(Staff) The provincial and federal legs of the Simcoe North Green party held an annual general meeting yesterday at Abbott’s of Craighurst.
Valerie Powell, who will run for the Greens in the next federal election, said the party is pumped after its third-place finish in Simcoe North in the last provincial election “and in anticipation of an even more successful federal election.”
“We think we even had a mole from another party,” Powell noted. “He would not sign the attendance or tell us who he was.”
As well as celebrating the national party’s 25th anniversary, the group paid tribute to Midland’s Julie and Elliott Barker, who started the Simcoe North Green party. A Beausoleil First Nation artist presented Julie Barker with a painting and a porcupine quill. At the AGM yesterday, federal campaign managers Linda Babulik and Gord Ball unveiled the campaign team that met Feb. 28 to develop a campaign plan.
That plan will be shared with other Greens in ridings where a candidate is yet to be nominated, Powell told The Packet.
Powell is likely to get some prominent support in May, when national Green party Leader Elizabeth May is expected to visit the riding.
Pub nights are being planned for the second Thursday of the month at McCabe’s in Orillia, and similar meet-and-greet events in Midland are in the works. The point, Powell explained, is to “stay connected with volunteers and meet anyone interested in the Green party.”
