HVRA educates residents on a greener mode of moving
By Margarita Maltceva
NEWS: Peddling the E-bike option (Jan. 2022)
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EDITORIAL: Ford “proud” of cancelling green energy contracts (Dec. 2019)
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Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is cancelling 758 renewable energy contracts, including a newly constructed wind farm in Prince Edward County, a move that will cost the Ontario taxpayer at least $231 million. The PCs are not only hard pressed to justify the move from a fiscal perspective, but it also makes no sense from a political vantage point when the electorate is increasingly concerned about climate change.
FORUM: Tim Grant wants to be your Green voice in Ottawa (Sept. 2019)
October 8th, 2019 · 3 Comments
Veteran Green Party candidate aims for federal seat
By Tim Grant
This fall’s election comes at a pivotal time for Canada and the global community. Last October, the world’s climate scientists told us we have only 11 years to prevent runaway climate change. To do that, we have to meet a new internationally agreed goal of cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2030 and eliminate our use of fossil fuels by 2050. If we fail, we will be condemning future generations to unspeakable hardship.
Parkdale High-Park hopefuls grilled on health care, inflation, electric trains
September 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, and Rebecca Payne
Check out the links below about our Q & A with candidates for the Parkdale-High Park riding.
Question One: The state of health care in PHP
Question Two: Poverty
Question Three: Clean trains
Question Four: Energy inflation
Question Five: the Ontario Arts Council
Where do they stand? Trinity-Spadina candidates answer your questions
September 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Mike Radoslav, and Lindsay Tsuji
Click on the links below for more information about Trinity-Spadina and our Q & A with the MPP candidates in the upcoming provincial election on Oct 6.
Your community needs you: ask your west-downtown MPP candidates some tough questions
August 12th, 2011 · 9 Comments
It’s that time again!
The Gleaner is interviewing MPP candidates for Trinity-Spadina and Parkdale-High Park in advance of the Oct. 6 provincial election. We are soliciting questions from our readers that we will compile and pose to candidates on your behalf.
Tags: General
Parkdale-High Park candidates talk families, trains, poverty, prisons, the military and mental illness
April 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, Beth Macdonell, Rebecca Payne and Lindsay Tsuji
The Candidates
Question One: mental health
Question Two: family reunification
Question Three: the Canadian Forces
Question Four: electric trains
Question Five: prisons or poverty?
Time to ask your west-downtown Toronto federal candidates some questions
April 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Gleaner Community Press is interviewing Federal candidates for Trinity-Spadina and Parkdale-High Park and we are seeking questions from you (besides “why are we having another election?”).
After we have received all the questions we will then make a final selection based on diversity, relevance to the local community, and “goodness” (objectively and subjectively decided by our editorial staff), dutifully record the answers, and publish them for all to read.
Tags: Liberty · News · People · General
Grant goes Green: Harbord Village chair jumps into provincial race
February 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments
With the nomination of Tim Grant (above) in December, the HVRA chair seat will be temporarily filled by former chair Gus Sinclair. Perry King/Gleaner News.
By Perry King
When Tim Grant went to a Green Party policy conference two years ago to hear more about their platform, he was “prepared to be unimpressed.”