http://greenpolitics.ca A grassroots view of green politics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2010/01/where-did-it-all-go-wrong/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2010/01/where-did-it-all-go-wrong/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:42:09 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=675 http://greenpolitics.ca/2010/01/where-did-it-all-go-wrong/feed/ 8 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-nomination-speech-in-saanich-gulf-islands/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-nomination-speech-in-saanich-gulf-islands/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:09:38 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=506 Years of activism have convinced me that we are not going to protect the environment, slow down global warming, or achieve world peace and a just society, unless we have a biocentric and participatory democracy that gives people the right to decide issues that impact their lives, and which respects Nature. We need a new kind of politics. We need Green politics. Here is the full text of that speech.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-nomination-speech-in-saanich-gulf-islands/feed/ 24 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/two-letters-to-elections-canada/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/two-letters-to-elections-canada/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:23:43 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=494 Catharine Johannson, the Green Party's Political Campaign Director, wrote to Elections Canada in response to my complaint. For those who want the sordid details, here is her letter to the Commissioner and my response to it. Since the time of posting, Elections Canada has acknowledged my complaint.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/two-letters-to-elections-canada/feed/ 22 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-complaint-to-elections-canada/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-complaint-to-elections-canada/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:57:10 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=477 I am complaining about the actions of the Green Party of Canada in the current nomination contest for the candidacy of the Green Party in Saanich Gulf-Islands. I believe that the Green Party may have acted and could still be acting illegally in these matters, and am asking the Commissioner to investigate my complaint without delay.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/09/my-complaint-to-elections-canada/feed/ 66 http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/08/why-i-am-standing-as-a-nomination-candidate/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/08/why-i-am-standing-as-a-nomination-candidate/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:07:13 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=462 Stuart Hertzog believes that the primary task of the Green Party is not the environment, but to defend and develop Democracy. He is concerned that Canadian Green parties have drifted away from their Green political principles in their drive for political power. Centralising decision-making into federal council and the leader has alienated Green grassroots activists and undermined the party’s membership base. ]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2009/08/why-i-am-standing-as-a-nomination-candidate/feed/ 177 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition-is-possible/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition-is-possible/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:48:02 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=283 In this concluding article, John Ryan explains why there is enough common ground for the federal Liberal, NDP and Green parties to form a mutually-acceptable and visionary political partnership that can defeat Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, form a coalition government, and lead Canada towards a progressive and independent future.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition-is-possible/feed/ 4 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/canada-needs-a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/canada-needs-a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:12:07 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=249 Long-time political observer John Ryan believes that a strategic political agreement between the Liberals, NDP, and Greens will enable them to win the next Canadian federal election and form a coalition government. Only then would the majority of Canadians have a government that would reflect their views, values, and interests, he explains.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/11/canada-needs-a-liberal-ndp-green-coalition/feed/ 3 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/no-greens-in-this-public-sandbox/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/no-greens-in-this-public-sandbox/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:19:30 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=159 Canadians looking for a level playing field in the 2008 Canadian election are being let down by the decision of the nation’s major broadcasters not to invite Green Party leader Elizabeth May to take part in the crucial televised leadership debate. Stephen Harper and Jack Layton may yet rue the day they decided not to let Elizabeth May play in their sandbox.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/09/no-greens-in-this-public-sandbox/feed/ 0 http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/08/liberal-rejects-good-enough-for-greens/ http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/08/liberal-rejects-good-enough-for-greens/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:46:42 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=109 Although an eight-month Elections Canada investigation cleared him of any serious wrongdoing, the choice of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast MP Blair Wilson as Canada’s first Green MP throws serious doubt on Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s commitment to the fundamental Green political principles of ecocentrism and grassroots democracy.]]> http://greenpolitics.ca/2008/08/liberal-rejects-good-enough-for-greens/feed/ 14 http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/ http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 1985 20:36:38 +0000 Stuart Hertzog http://greenpolitics.ca/?p=468 http://greenpolitics.ca/1985/06/distributed-democracy/feed/ 0