Nomination Speech 2019
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- Date
- 6 March 2019
- Social Justice Warrior: Alt-right sorry they coined the term
Contents
Political awakening:
- Immigrant, citizenship in 1990
- Citizenship judge asked "Who's the Governor General of Canada?"
- Hesitant, judge explained "The purpose of becoming a citizen is to be politically engaged"
- Supported the National Party in 1993. Remember them?
- Pirate Party in 20009
- Ran for the Green Party in 2015 and 2018
Why Kitchener Centre?
- All my work and volunteer activities are here
- Working Centre, Fair Vote Waterloo, KWPeace, WR Nonviolence: Weekly meetings at Queen Street Commons, know many people
- Every Festival, information tables at fairs
- Participated at consultations: Federal climate consultation, provincial Basic Income consultation, Alliance Against Poverty Zero-Fare Transit
Candidates with impeccable environmental credentials
- But Green Party cannot be seen to be a One Issue Party
- Need to have a well-rounded candidate who knows
- Electoral Reform: Make everyone's vote count
- Parliamentary Reform: Power of the PMO, whipped votes
- Fiscal policy, Foreign policy: Free trade agreements, intellectual property legislation
- Current SNC Lavalin scandal: How many people realize this is the result of corruption with an Arms Trade Deal? Contrary to "nonviolence" value
- Other human rights: Interference in Venezualan elections, countries with settlers invading and occupying disputed territory - internationally as well as domestically
- Universal Pharmacare, National Housing Strategy, Zero-tuition for post-secondary education, poverty elimination with Guaranteed Livable Income
- Climate change: Fought against development in Bill 66, spoke at Rise for Climate and School Strike for Climate
- Meeting tomorrow to get municipalities to declare a Climate Emergency
Kitchener Centre:
- Bellwether riding, swing riding
- Correlation is not causality: Maybe if we elect a Green member here, the whole country will go green
- Needs broad appeal in issues, policies to capture swing voters
Competition:
- Raj "Better luck next time"
- Working with candidates during the campaign
Election slogan:
- Choose the best candidate to represent you
- Nomination slogan: Choose the best candidate to represent the Green Party to the voters
- Answer: Governor General was Ray Hnatyshyn
- and I got it right
