[BCFSN] Salmon policy and NDP

Fri Jul 31 13:02:33 EDT 2015

Hi Eddie and Gerardo,

To weigh in on Gerardo's question about strategic coalitions in Canada for
the upcoming federal election, Leadnow has been organizing a door-to-door
campaign across the country for this purpose. Leadnow's 'Vote Together'
campaign is meant to help people identify which local candidate in their
riding is best positioned to defeat the Conservatives:
http://www.votetogether.ca/

While I admittedly feel conflicted about strategic voting (and electoral
politics in general), I know Leadnow is pouring a lot of excellent
resources into this campaign.

I think it has already been mentioned on this listserv, but Food Secure
Canada is also organizing the Eat Think Vote campaign to galvanize people
around a national food policy as part of the federal election:
http://foodsecurecanada.org/EatThinkVote

Kind regards,
Anelyse

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>    1. Re: Salmon policy and NDP (Gerardo Otero)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gerardo Otero <otero at sfu.ca>
> To: Eddie Gardner <singingbear at telus.net>
> Cc: ifs at bcfsn.org, BCFSN list <food at bcfsn.org>
> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [BCFSN] Salmon policy and NDP
> Hi Eddie and All:
>
> I basically agree with your point about voting strategically, i.e., for
> the non-conservative candidate that has the best chance of winning in a
> given riding. My main concern, though, is that each of us could end up
> doing individual assessments as to who such candidate might be--and be
> wrong about it. It would be great if more organization were to develop
> sooner than later so that, come October 19, the scenario will be clearer in
> this regard. Ideally, there could and should be mini-coalitions forming at
> the local level to make this happen. I've read about some such initiative
> in the UK, but have not seen anything like it here in Canada. Maybe I'm
> just not well informed.
>
> Any ideas as to how strategic mini-coalitions at the local level could be
> worked out?
>
> Best regards, Gerardo Otero
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Eddie Gardner" <singingbear at telus.net>
> *To: *"Gerardo Otero" <otero at sfu.ca>
> *Cc: *"Dawn Morrison" <dmo6842 at gmail.com>, ifs at bcfsn.org, "BCFSN list" <
> food at bcfsn.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, 28 July, 2015 18:53:26
> *Subject: *Re: Salmon policy and NDP
>
> Hi Gerardo
>
> Thank you for your perspective on this.  Selective voting to prevent
> Harper and his conservatives from getting elected does NOT exclude voting
> for the Green Party candiates.  I will vote for the candidate I believe has
> the best chance to win over the conservative candidate in Chilliwack.  If
> the strongest candidate happens to be Louis De Jager of the Liberals, I
> will vote for him.  If Seonagh McPherson of the NDP is showing the
> strongest candidate in the election, I will rally behind her.  If the Green
> Party candidate comes up strong, I wll vote for Thomas Cheney.  I am
> holding out for now to see how things go.  I know there are some very
> powerful Green Party candidates running in BC, and they are very persuasive
> and are winning over many voters because they know they will contribute
> immeasurably to restore democracy even though they won’t form government.
>
> Here is what Elizabeth May has to say about votint that we need to take
> into account:
>
> British Columbians will want a lot of Green MPs working with either
> Trudeau or Mulcair to make sure we are not forced to accept Kinder Morgan
> and increased bitumen-diluent tanker volumes on our coast. Liberals favour
> Keystone, Energy East and Kinder Morgan. Mulcair has said he is ''bullish''
> on Energy East and has only criticized the *process* around Kinder
> Morgan. With an NDP government in Alberta still favouring Kinder Morgan, as
> much as I would welcome it, I do not think Mulcair will come around to
> opposing Kinder Morgan. According to Peter O'Neil in the Vancouver Sun,
> Tom Mulcair ''ridiculed'' my opposition to all dilbit pipelines.
>
> So, before deciding Greens are bad people for wanting to give Canadians an
> alternative that is positive, pragmatic and committed to a healthy economy
> and meaningful climate action, think it through. Look at the candidates in
> your own riding and decide who you think is best equipped to represent you.
> With candidates like SFU professor and scientist Lynne Quarmby who has put
> everything on the line to stop Kinder Morgan, running in a new riding with
> no incumbent, or former national CBC meteorologist Claire Martin running in
> North Vancouver against incumbent Conservative Andrew Saxton, or First
> Nations leader Brenda Sayers who led the charge against the Canada-China
> investment treaty in a riding with no incumbent, North Island Powell-River,
> ask yourself: what would be the best outcome for Canada -- a parliament
> with those voices or one without them that is dominated by the nastiness of
> hyper-partisanship?
>
> Vote for what you want. In riding after riding across Canada, Greens have
> proven that if you vote (in large numbers) for what you want, you actually
> get it. [image: [Tyee]]
>
>
> So vote strategically but don’t count out the Green Party of Canada by any
> means!  They are a valuable alternative worthy of great consideration.  I
> for one will not give into fear, and I will vote strategically in my own
> riding here in Chilliwack-Hope.
>
> a
>
>
> Eddie
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Gerardo Otero <otero at sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> Dear All:
>
> With all due respect, I strongly encourage Eddie and everyone else
> concerned about farm salmon to lobby the NDP and Tom Mulcair so that they
> modify their policy accordingly. Betting on the Green Party in a highly
> contested election as the one we are facing in October will inevitably be a
> lost cause. Worse than that, it will open the road to splitting the
> progressive vote and we could end up with another five years of Harper
> Conservatives. Remember what happened with the vote for Ralph Nader in the
> U.S. in 2000: his 4% of the vote insured that Al Gore lost to George W.
> Bush, despite the fact that Gore had more popular votes, given their
> electoral college rules. Mind you, I'm not crazy about Mulcair (he is a
> former Liberal, after all), or the NDP for that matter. But they are the
> least worse option we have with a shot at winning. Elizabeth May may be
> great, but she has no chance at all (well below 10%). You may prefer to
> vote exclusively with your conscience and feel good about it, but it will
> have no political impact at all; or you will to make things worse by
> keeping Harper in power. To me that's the worse case scenario this year.
>
> Gerardo Otero
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Dawn Morrison" <dmo6842 at gmail.com>
> *To: *ifs at bcfsn.org, "BCFSN list" <food at bcfsn.org>, "Eddie Gardner" <
> singingbear at telus.net>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, 28 July, 2015 10:22:10
> *Subject: *[IFS] Fwd: *TELUS Detected Spam*Why I'm stepping up
>
> Very well said Eddie! I am forwarding your message along to the BC Food
> Systems Network and Indigenous food sovereignty email listserves to
> encourage everyone to pass this message along far and wide within your
> circles...If we live in and love BC, then this needs to be a keystone issue
> in moving the environmental versus economy agenda of political platforms.
>
>
> Dawn Morrison,
>
> BC Food Systems Network
> Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
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> Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
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> Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
> Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
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>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eddie Gardner <singingbear at telus.net>
> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: *TELUS Detected Spam*Why I'm stepping up
> To: Olivia Chow <info at ndp.ca>
> Cc: Alex Morton <alexandramorton5 at gmail.com>, Finn Donnelly <
> Donnelly.F at parl.gc.ca>, Seonaigh MacPherson <seonaigh.macpherson at ndp.ca>,
> Louis DeJaager <snowdogone at gmail.com>, elizabeth.may at parl.gc.ca,
> justin.trudeau at parl.gc.ca, Brenda Sayers <sayersbrenda at hotmail.com>,
> Lynne Quarmby <lynne.quarmby at greenparty.ca>, Paul Manly <
> paul.manly at greenparty.ca>, "Joe Foy (Wild. Comm.)" <
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>
>
> Hi Olivia,
>
> With all due respect, Tom Mulcair has shown absolutely no leadership or
> care for the many middle class people who depend upon wild salmon for the
> livelihoods, in sharp contrast to his own NDP MP Fin Donnelly.  If Tom
> Mulcair wants support from me and many others with money and votes, then he
> has to step up to the plate and say he would put an immediate halt to fish
> farm expansion and pursue their removal from migration routes of wild
> salmon that supports an important segment of the BC economy. In the
> meantime, I will continue to send money and actively support the Green
> Party of Canada as they are champions of a strong sustainable economy and
> protectors of wild salmon.  Take a good look at their platform.  Your
> digitalized campaign is completely deaf to the concerns of ordinary British
> Columbians in regards to saving endangered wild salmon from industrial
> harm.
>
> Justin Trudeau has shown more leadership on this important matter than Tom
> Mulcair as he has included the full implementation of Cohen Commission
> recommendations in the Liberal platform.
>
> Under the great leadership of Elizabeth May, the Green Party of Canada is
> committed to the need to stop the expansion of fish farms, and
> transitioning within a ten year period to land based aquaculture.  This is
> a way for both aquaculture and wild salmon industries and co-exist, and
> encourage and protect middle class livelihoods.  Don’t kid yourself, the
> Green Party of Canada has a fleet of very strong star candidates worthy of
> sending to parliament.
>
> Go ahead, let your digitalized, impersonal campaign continue to ignore
> this, and suffer the consequences!
>
> Eddie Gardner
> Sto:lo Sqwe First Nation Member
> www.farmed-salmon-boycott.com
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2015, at 8:47 AM, Olivia Chow <info at ndp.ca> wrote:
>
>
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> Eddie,
>
> Moments ago, I announced my return to federal politics.
>
> It’s been nearly ten years since I was first elected as an NDP MP. During
> my time in Ottawa, I fought hard against Stephen Harper’s wrongheaded
> priorities. And I’m fiercely proud of the work Tom Mulcair continues to do
> to put middle-class families first.
>
> I know that if we’re going to bring change to Ottawa in October, it’s
> going to take all of us working together. Today, I’m stepping up and
> answering that call. Will you?
>
> *Donate $30 or more to build the campaign for change in Ottawa:*
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> Stephen Harper has the wrong priorities for Canada.
>
> Instead of helping middle-class families get ahead by making childcare
> affordable, he's giving tax breaks to the wealthiest few. Instead of
> investing in our cities and towns, he's left roads and bridges to crumble.
> Instead of protecting our environment, he's gutted environmental laws.
>
> I’m deeply concerned by the damage he has done. This Conservative agenda
> is exactly what Jack and I fought against our entire careers.
>
> We can be a better, fairer, more equal country by working together and
> electing an experienced and progressive NDP government led by Tom Mulcair.
>
> That’s why I’m throwing my hat in the ring this election. I’m going all in
> – will you join me?
>
> *Donate $30 or more today – and together, we’ll defeat Stephen Harper and
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> All my best,
>
> Olivia
>
>
> Olivia Chow
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