Winnipeg Free Press

Winninpeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Green party expects to become political Force by Marv Annes Wal re the Green a inned thanks to a str no Rama ice Law an hip nun the a Phatic Cho in imn Toh in Afton Hrin Ota Timof by Mary Agnes Welch still miffed about being excluded from National and local Green party president Jim Harris said he expects his party to become a genuine political Force after mondays Harris was in Winnipeg yesterday to trumpet his party plans to exceed the Kyoto climate change the greens plan to reduce Canadas dependence on Oil by funding mass Tran encouraging the use of sustainable Energy such As wind Power and phasing in a new 10cent Gas tax to discourage the use of if you drive a dont vote for the Green quipped the Green party who looks like a Button Down banker rather than the stereotypical tree hugging said the Federal Campaign has been dominated by Little More than fear and he said his party will earn More votes than Ever because it represents a Posi Tive Choice instead of a place to Park a protest according to a recent probe research poll of the greens could earn about five per cent of the pop ular vote on Harris Hopes the party will earn a Mil lion votes about 10 times More than in the 2000 the party could also win its first seat in thanks to a Strong Campaign by Andrew Lewis on Salt Spring with candidates running in All 308 rid new Campaign finance Laws could give the greens Access to More Campaign Cash after the that would be used to hire the 40 or 50 staff they now have working on the Harris also Hopes to earn a podium in the televised which he failed to do last week despite a Public protest and a National petition against the networks that sponsored the the same problem has plagued local Robin running in Winnipeg has found herself excluded from several including one put on by Winnipeg Harvest two weeks the debates she is invited to often get cancelled because the three big Par ties refuse to the latest snub occurred last when the social planning Council of Winnipeg was forced to cancel a poverty debate because two of the big name National parties refused to Send a Candi that really frustrating because its a topic i am Strong on and the Green party is Strong said the final Days of any Campaign Are dedicated solely to furious door Knock so the social planning councils Bern Bileski said the conservatives declined to Send a candidate and the liberals had trouble finding one Able to pm that made it Tough to convince the nip to Send a the greens Are running several cred Ible candidates in including Jacob Giesbrecht in Paul and David Kattenburg in Brandon but Many Green candidates Are fresh out of High school or Are working part time and Haven been Able to mount a Large scale Campaign like Liberal or nip Harris noted that a Quarter of All Green candidates Are under the age of meaning the party has been wooing a group of voters who Are otherwise disillusioned with wife teaming up to win votes nip Heads toward Best showing at polls in More than a decade by Paul Samyn Toronto it was a Good morn ing for Olivia Chow yesterday As her Campaign canvassed commuters outside of a downtown subway its time the liberals get out and you and Jack get one woman cheers to the nip she gets hugs and kisses from and one promises that hell give her 12 hours of Volunteer work on voting there was one distinguished looking gent leaving the Albany club who a Campaign worker admitted he get to vote but then even Chow didst expect that former Liberal prime minister John Turner would jump aboard her growing the Toronto City councillor who happens to be the wife of nip Leader Jack is one of Many new democrats expected to win seats in Ontario As the party Heads to its Best showing in More than a decade and prays it can be a player in a minority what this election is about is kicking the liberals in the pants Wilfrid Laurier political scientist Barry Kay government with polling numbers in recent Days showing the nip with As High As 20 per cent support it received Only 13 per cent of the vote in 2000 a win for Chow in Trinity Spadina is a part of a party plan that could deliver As Many As 10 seats in the key Battleground of and Wilfrid Laurier political scientist Barry Kays seat projection Model has the nip winning up to 27 seats across the a big increase from the 13 they captured in the 2000 what this election is about is kicking the liberals in the and that trans lates to wins for Dif Ferent parties in different says in the Case of it is dramatic for the within Kay says the Campaign drama has seen nip support jump by about 13 Points while the liberals have fallen by about 14 based on polling results and his own regional swing Kay says he sees the nip potentially winning a handful of seats in grabbing As Many As three in Hamilton along with Possi ble wins in Northern Ontario Ridings Andrew Vaughan Canadian press Layton left and nip my Yvon Godin Greet supporters at a Campaign Stop in like Sault Thunder Bay and and de Broadbent is a shooing in Ottawa across the Kay is also projecting new wins for the nip in British and maybe a few pickups in Kays projection comes As prime minister Paul Martin is now specifically targeting progressive Vot like those who Back the nip in an Effort to Stop the asked How he thinks the nip Campaign is Kay says it has been a pretty Good Campaign because we can see the results in the Public opinion Back at the Toronto subway chows cellphone hello Sweet she on the other end of the line is somewhere on the Hus who is wondering How their dream of becoming the first husband wife team elected to the House of com Mons is she jokes that their joint Effort to each win Toronto area seats Are part of a family unification project so they can actually be together of that family unification project is now going much better than it did in Back Chow her run in which fell just Short of beating Liberal Tony was hampered by the fact the Dps National Campaign was rarely on the Public radar this Layton Motormouth alone has kept the nip in the news and Chow on her Way to finally beating for the past three you have seen the liberals quite Success fully eat our and you Are not see ing that this says nip strategist Donne who used to be nip pre Mier Gary doers communications says having who was also a Toronto City councillor until he won the nip leadership last has also helped the party chances in in you Are going to see that it Doest Hurt to have a Leader from Ontario who has Given prominence of place to Urban which resonate with Central Flanagan Layton will today try to firm up the nip vote in As he is scheduled to do a Nin City swing across the province that will end with a 1 rally in Hamilton and includes stops in Sault Cambridge and while Layton has already made Clear a move to proportional representation would be the Price for his party prop Ping up the Flanagan refuses to say if there has been any talk about a minority situation with the we Are not playing lets make a Deal before we see what the election results he it is still too far away to prejudge what canadians will say on d critics say conservative plan would put wheat Board at risk by Dennis Bueckert Harper says a conservative government would maintain the Canadian wheat but sup porters of the Grain marketing Agency say it would be effectively castrated by harpers promised the boards current monopoly on sales of wheat and Barley in Western Canada has survived 11 challenges in Vari Ous Trade but Harper says he would end that single desk the conservative party would give Farmers the ability to sell their Grain out Side of the to make their own marketing and transportation Harper said earlier this the wheat Board markets billion to billion Worth of wheat and Barley around the world it does not subsidize nor does it limit production with As Supply manage ment agencies it is Able to get a Premium Price because of its marketing conservative spokesman Andrew skaling denied that removing the boards monopoly would leave it fatally weak think our position in terms of supporting its continued operation and leaving the decision with the Farmers is a pretty reasonable one and i dont think that spells the imminent collapse of any skaling said but some experts its Able to play that coordinating role among Farmers because its got this pow Erful legislation that provides the sin Glenesk said Brian Oleson of the University of Manitoba department of without that monopoly there is not a major advantage in terms of doing any thing through the would it last 10 years As some Type of Shell of itself Canadian press Martin has no credibility on health Harper says by Martin Ohanlon Paul Martin and Stephen Harper Are trading fresh fire Over health care in a final push to recruit voters in the dying Days of the election the Liberal and conservative returning to a political Battleground that saw the first skirmishes of the Cam pounded each other yesterday Over who can really be trusted to improve health for Martin has charged that the conservatives cant be counted on to defend hoping to build on poll results that suggest his tories will win More seats than the shot Back yesterday saying Martin has no credibility on the he noted that it was Martin who dam aged health care by slashing Transfer payments to the provinces during his deficit fighting Days As finance minis Ter in the there is nobody in this country who can be trusted less with your health care than Paul Harper told support ers i borrowing a tactic from he tried to use a provincial Premier against the prime we know Here that it was team mar who advised Ontario Premier Dai ton Mcguinty to raise health taxes on working to Cut health care ser and to break promises to the peo ple of last Martin tried to use Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to score political charging that Klein and Harper Are in cahoots to undermine Harper also took a swipe at that yesterday lately his strategy has gone Back to one that was used in the last election to single out the and Alberta in and to single it out on health alleging secret reports and grand Liberal Leader Paul Martin jokingly throws a Ball at the Media in the Back of the Campaign plane while flying from Winnipeg to Ottawa yes conspiracies to destroy the healthcare fellow such conduct is unbecoming of a prime minister of Cana Martin dismissed harpers criticism and accused him of being a healthcare he trotted out comments from Harper in 1995 that said the Liberal budget cuts didst go deep he also that the Reform party 1995 tax Tom Hanson press payers which Harper helped called on the Federal government to leave health care to the so to hear him pretend now that he argued otherwise is More than Oisin its downright Martin said in both leaders Promise to pump billions of extra dollars into the healthcare sys tem and both support a publicly funded Canadian press where the leaders Are where the Federal party leaders Are Friday Gilles bloc quebecois Montreal launches operation make a difference news Confer ence Quebec campaigns in local Riding Chic Outi campaigns in local Riding campaigns in local Riding Stephen conservatives Winnipeg noon hour rally at Winnipeg South candidate Rod Bruinooge Campaign Harper Jim Green party Victoria radio interview news conference campaigns with local candidates 3 and 4 Lawn party 5 Jack nip super Friday launch 7 whistle Stop Sault whistle Stop Campaign rally Lon whistle Stop 9 Kitch whistle Stop whistle Stop whistle Stop Paul liberals Ontario Halifax no further details Canadian press ;