{"id":8956,"date":"2021-08-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/?p=8956"},"modified":"2023-08-13T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T15:11:29","slug":"election-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/news\/election-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Vote for action on climate, nature, and a just, sustainable future for this pivotal election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BurlingtonGreen, the BG Youth Network<\/a>, and the Burlington Community Climate Action Hub<\/a> are busy organizing a variety of ways that you can learn about local candidates and have your valued voice shared. Check them out below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To help inform your vote, we’ve asked local candidates 3 important questions about the climate and nature crises and their plans for a green, just recovery. Be sure to check out their video responses before you head to the polls!
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Let all party candidates (and your neighbours) know the issues that matter most to you. Repurpose materials around your home, and be creative to create a lawn sign or choose one of our downloadable pdf signs<\/strong> below<\/strong> to print and post on your door, window, or mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION. TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR PLAN.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’M VOTING FOR THE PLANET. #oneearthonevote.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’M VOTING TO PROTECT NATURE. #oneearthonevote<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I VOTE FOR CLIMATE ACTION. #CanadaOnFire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our friends at Environmental Defence & Nature Canada have created a letter you can support that will be sent to all party leaders: Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Erin O\u2019Toole, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Annamie Paul, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Yves-Fran\u00e7ois Blanchet, Chef du Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elections Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local<\/strong> Debates:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the Burlington 100 Debates on the Environment Debate <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burlington Chamber of Commerce<\/a> – thank you to everyone that attended!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party Platforms:<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative Party<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Party<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberal Party<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PPC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burlington Electoral district<\/strong> (alphabetical order):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PPC<\/td>Michael Bator<\/strong><\/td>mike@coachmike.ca<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr>
Conservative Party<\/td>Emily Brown<\/strong><\/td>emily@emilybrown.ca<\/td>289 245 1107<\/td><\/tr>
Green Party<\/td>Christian Cullis<\/strong><\/td>christian.cullis@greenparty.ca<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr>
Liberal Party
(Incumbent)<\/td>		Karina Gould<\/strong><\/td>Karina.Gould@parl.gc.ca
info@karinagould.ca<\/td>		905-639-5757
905-637-8909<\/td><\/tr>
NDP<\/td>Nick Page<\/strong><\/td>nick.page@ndp.ca<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oakville North-Burlington Electoral district<\/strong> (alphabetical order):<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberal Party
(Incumbent)<\/td>		Pam Damoff<\/strong><\/td>Pam.Damoff@parl.gc.ca
info@pamdamoff.ca<\/td>		905-847-4043
905-847-1327<\/td><\/tr>
NDP<\/td>Lenaee Dupuis<\/strong><\/td>lenaee.dupuis@ndp.ca<\/td>365-228-5956<\/td><\/tr>
Conservative Party<\/td>Hanan Rizkella<\/strong><\/td>office@hananrizkalla.ca<\/td>289 888-2026 <\/td><\/tr>
PPC<\/td>Gilbert Jubinville<\/strong><\/td>JubinvillePPC@gmail.com<\/td> Not available <\/td><\/tr>
Green Party<\/td>Bruno Sousa<\/strong><\/td>bruno.sousa@greenparty.ca<\/td> Not available <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Milton (portion of Burlington) Electoral district<\/strong> (alphabetical order):<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative Party <\/td>Nadeem Akbar<\/strong><\/td>nadeem@nadeemakbar.ca<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr>
PPC<\/td>Shibli Haddad<\/strong> <\/td>shib.haddad@gmail.com<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr>
Liberal Party
(Incumbent)<\/td>		Adam van Koeverden<\/strong> <\/td>Adam.vanKoeverden@parl.gc.ca<\/td>905-693-0166<\/td><\/tr>
NDP<\/td>Muhammad<\/strong> Riaz Sahi<\/strong><\/td>muhammad.riaz.sahi@ndp.ca<\/td>Not available<\/td><\/tr>
Green Party<\/td>Chris Kowalchuk<\/strong><\/td>chris.kowalchuk@greenparty.ca<\/td>Not available <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Vote for action on climate, nature, and a just, sustainable future for this pivotal election. BurlingtonGreen, the BG Youth Network, and the Burlington Community Climate Action Hub are busy organizing a variety of ways that you can learn about local candidates and have your valued voice shared. Check them out below! To help inform your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"footnotes":""},"topics":[259,193,140,181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8956"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22362,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions\/22362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=8956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}