This is a list of nominated candidates for the Green Party of Canada in the 40th Canadian federal election.[1] Candidates ran in all but five ridings: Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (NL), Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (NS), Jonquière—Alma (QC), Saint-Laurent—Cartierville (QC), Sherbrooke (QC).
Brassard was born in Montreal and has a diploma in financial administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal.[3] He worked for Hydro Quebec from 1960 to 1996.[4] He was elected to the Bromont city council in a 2000 by-election and served for two years before being defeated in 2002. He later attempted to return to council in 2005 and 2009.[5][6]
Richard Bachynsky is an environmentalist, writer, and consultant. Richard has been active in environmental interests since the mid-1980s, when he began to travel as a consultant. He was to see the complete disregard for environmental issues evident in both developing countries and North America.
Richard was born and raised in the Windsor area, and has seen the rapid decline of the region in terms of jobs, environmental issues, and health related issues. With the failure of recent members of Parliament to attract new industry, improve the environment, or create better infrastructure, members of the community are motivated for change.
A region rich in agriculture, industry, and resources, it is inconceivable – but true – that the region has one of Canada's highest unemployment rates. The residents of the region are being shortchanged, and need better federal support for job creation, tourism promotion, small business assistance, health care, and seniors.
Active in finance, Richard has worked towards establishing new green industries including tire and industrial waste rubber recycling, biodiesel fuel plants, and alternative energy development worldwide. He also has extensive experience in real estate management and financing, and has served as a consultant for numerous firms completing projects both in Canada, and internationally. He currently holds of the position of Vice President International Sales and Finance for GreenShift Corporation, NY, NY USA, is Head of Export Finance Department, Roberts &Schaefer Engineering and Construction, USA., Finance Dir for Alternativa Corporation, Ukraine and is a Broker for Argentum Mortgages Toronto, and a consultant for Bachynsky Group, Bachynsky Realty Inc., and Bachynsky Mortgage Corporation, Windsor.
Richard holds an MBA and is certified as a mortgage broker in Ontario. He is a member of the Board of the Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he was a member of parent and teacher association of F.J. Brennan High School in Windsor, and of the OMBA. In addition, he was active as a coach for minor hockey for the Windsor Minor Hockey Association, Riverside Hockey Association, and the Patterson Chiefs Hockey Program. Richard is the parent of 3 teenagers Erik, Laura, and Daniel.
Richard Bachynsky was the candidate for the Green Party of Canada for the Federal election of 2008.
Richard Bachynsky is currently the nominated candidate for the Green Party of Canada for the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh.
Michael Bell owns a publishing company, and has published The Wire and The Green Zine. He is also a singer-songwriter and has worked with the Peterborough Food Bank, Peterborough Flood Relief, World Vision, the United Way and Amnesty International.[11] He has spent the majority of his life in Peterborough, although he says he became involved with the environmental movement while living in Australia between 2006 and 2008.[12] He initially sought the Green Party nomination for Peterborough in the buildup to the 2008 election, but either withdrew from the contest or was defeated by rival candidate Emily Berrigan.[13] Running in Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, he limited his election expenses to only two dollars in 2008. He received 4,505 votes (8.29%), finishing fourth against Conservative incumbent Barry Devolin.
Pat Gostlin was a retired teacher. She was killed in a car accident involving a suspected drunk driver on 26 October 2008, less than two weeks following the election.[14][15]
Hunter has been an executive member of Equal Voice National Capital Chapter, has led an annual international Team Learning Adventure, was co-leader of a women's leadership event in Toronto, and was the first international board member for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. She is also the founder of the Learning Catalyst. Hunter attended Queen's University, where she received her honours degree in political studies.[16] Hunter chose to run for office in order to increase the number of women running. She believes in giving more federal money to cities, and in income splitting.[17]
Hodgson joined the Green Party while attending Trent in the early 1990s, and has run for the party in four federal elections and one provincial election.[20] He was nominated as the party's candidate for Parry Sound—Muskoka in the 2011 federal election. He briefly joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1998 to support David Orchard's leadership bid.[21]
He criticized the heightened security at the 2010 G8 summit in Huntsville and the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, and said that he would protest peacefully at the "People First! We Deserve Better" rally.[22]
Emily Berrigan was twenty-one years old at the time of the election. She became active with the Green Party while attending high school in Port Hope, Ontario, and later worked for eight months at party headquarters in Ottawa.[23] During the election, she noted that she was from a working class background.[24] She received 4,029 votes (6.91%), finishing fourth against Conservative incumbent Dean Del Mastro. She later moved to Toronto and became project manager for a non-governmental organization.[25]
Berrigan was one of several people arrested on 26 June 2010, at the G20 Toronto protests. After taking part in non-violent protests, and wandering the streets in observation, she and a group of friends returned to Queen's Park in the evening for their bicycles. She was arrested while standing in the designated protest zone and taken to a detention centre, where she was kept in a small cage that was exposed to pepper spray and not given food or water for eight hours. She was released the next day, after being charged with obstruction and unlawful demonstration. Berrigan has described her arrest as "completely unacceptable" and the arrest conditions as "inhumane."[26]
^Maurice Crossfield, "Green Party taking root in B-M," Sherbrooke Record, 2 June 2006, p. 4; Joshua Bleser, "Can Paradis eke out another victory in Brome-Missisquoi?: Federalist vote split four ways," Sherbrooke Record, 20 January 2006, p. 4.
^Julie Smyth, "Liberals get lessons from an old pro," National Post, 4 March 2006, A6; Roy Macgregor, "Stepping it up in a bid to increase 28-vote victory," Globe and Mail, 29 September 2008, A2; Parry Sound–Muskoka: Glen Hodgson, Green Party of Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^Derek Howard, "Green leader brings message," Orillia Packet and Times, 18 June 2004, A8.
^Rosemary Speirs, "Left-wing activists boost Tory leadership candidate," Toronto Star, 17 September 1998, p. 1.
^"All eyes are focused on Toronto's G20 summit" (letters section), Toronto Star, 26 June 2010, A25.
^Michelle McQuigge, "Meet five young candidates in the federal election: they hope to inspire youth," Canadian Press, 11 September 2008, 15:07.
^Aaron Wherry, BTC: Behold, the child who will lead us, Macleans.ca, 26 September 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2010. She either defeated Michael Bell for the party nomination or Bell withdrew from the contest before the nomination vote. See "Peterborough Federal Green Party choosing candidate," Peterborough This Week, 11 June 2008, p. 1; Lindsey Cole, "The Greens get their woman," Peterborough This Week, 18 June 2008, p. 1.
^Michelle Fex, "SAC boasts new president, full board", Sudbury Star, 17 March 2007, B7; Gordon Harris: Sudbury, Green Party of Canada election biography, 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
