green party of ontario
Ontario’s first Green Party MPP: Why even a single voice is important
Opinion: Mike Schreiner on why he ran as a Green MPP in Ontario’s election, despite the odds—and why, with his caucus of one, he remains optimistic about change
Mike Schreiner’s election-night speech: “tonight the Green wave came to Ontario”
The leader of the Green Party of Ontario hailed his party’s first-ever win: “Together we’ve made history, and we’ve changed Ontario politics forever.”
The Green party, Akbar Manoussi, and Iran
Among Canadian invitees to conferences hosted by the Iranian government this spring and summer was one Akbar Manoussi, a former candidate for the Green Party of Ontario and Canada. Manoussi’s titles and affiliations, which are almost comical in their pompous absurdity, have included: “secretary general” of the “Iranian Scholars Association of Canada,” which appears to exist only on the Internet and which has a membership list that may be limited to Manoussi himself; and “director general” of the “Iranian Cultural Centre” in Ottawa, which is run out of the Iranian embassy.
Ontario’s $7-billion green energy investment upsets enviros
Dalton McGuinty’s deal with Samsung has Green Party fuming