Reading Time: 3 minutesSteven Warren is a 19-year-old who has run for office three times, twice being for the Green Party of Ontario.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesDid you know the U of O is home to some of the largest political campus clubs in the country?
Reading Time: 5 minutesI talked to many students who live in Kanata-Carleton because they just can’t find housing here on campus. They tell me stories about how they can’t find transit that’s reliable on time to campus. They’re leaving two, three hours early to get to class– sometimes they even miss class.
Reading Time: 6 minutesFor the 2021 election cycle, the Fulcrum is interviewing the four major parties candidates in Ottawa-Vanier. Here is our interview with the Green Party’s Christian Proulx.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Green Party candidate Benjamin Koczwarski thinks he deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 6 minutesUnderdog candidates all over the country will hope Monday is their lucky day as they cross the finish line on grueling campaigns. For most, their campaign objective was simple: find an effective way to get your name and ideas out in the community to convince people that you deserve their vote on election day. But as an underdog up against a better-funded and better-known opponent this task can be near-impossible.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I live here, I breathe here, I work here, this is my environment. This is where I call home. So, I understand their reality, and the best way to represent people is to understand their reality,” says NDP candidate, Oriana Ngabirano.
Reading Time: 5 minutesCandidates talk greenhouse gas pollution, fighting water pollution, and protecting biodiversity Last Thursday night, the Ottawa-Centre candidates for four of the major political parties of Canada participated in one of the 100 Debates on the Environment taking place across the country. The attendees included Angela Keller-Herzog for the Green Party, Catherine McKenna for the Liberal …
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor October’s federal election, most polls are indicating that both the Liberals and Conservatives are tied for Canadians’ support. This means that it is more than likely that either party will end up with less than a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, thereby swinging the determination of the balance of power to the smaller parties.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Fulcrum reached out to the leaders of our campus’ major political party groups to ask what each thought about the future of Canada’s environmental policy, and why their party will provide what’s needed.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“The one thing I do, I always encourage students 18-24 to vote, no matter who they’re voting for, I think its primordial that they do.”
Reading Time: 9 minutesThroughout this current election, a number of politicians have jumped on board the electoral reform bandwagon, with a number of mainstream political parties promising this kind of change in their electoral platforms. But what is it about our current system that has three opposition parties calling foul?
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreen Party of New Brunswick leader David Coon said his monumental election win in Fredericton South was thanks in large part to student votes and involvement on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents actually do have a chance to make a difference. By voting for the Green Party, they have the opportunity to launch a champion of proportional representation into the running, and topple these eternal Liberal and Conservative fiefdoms that have dominated Canada for far too long.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt would be incredibly difficult for the Conservatives to dismiss her views and charge her with embarking on a smear campaign in order to win the next federal election. If she were power hungry, she would join a different party.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents show their contempt for omnibus crime bill DESPITE FREEZING TEMPERATURES and snowfall, the Young Greens at the University of Ottawa dressed up as policeman and prisoners, taking turns being locked up in mock jail cells—all to protest Bill C-10, the Harper government’s omnibus crime bill, on Tabaret lawn Dec. 2. The bill, also known as the Safe Streets and Communities Act, consists of nine separate …
