Dear Catch 22 Supporters,
As we head into Week 3 of the election, Catch 22 has been laying the groundwork necessary to achieve our #1 campaign objective – getting our message out to voters in target ridings. These voters will likely determine the outcome on May 2. We need to add more people to help us expand our…
Continue readingThe campaign team continues to roll out recommendations to local groups to finalize our picks on which candidates have the best chance to defeat a vulnerable Conservative MP. Today’s riding discussions will close on April 6 at 11:00 p.m. local time. You must belong to the online riding group to participate in the discussion.
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Editorial – John Deverell, Catch 22 team
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Elizabeth May, whose Green Party attracts nearly one million votes, is not legally entitled to appear in the televised leaders debate. The federal court couldn’t invent such a law, and Parliament has never offered one.
Continue readingOTTAWA — A federal appeal court judge has dismissed the Green party’s attempts to quickly hear legal arguments over the party’s participation in the televised…
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Defeating Harper the same as a vote to Save the CBC
Dear Catch 22 Supporters,
For those of you living in Catch 22 ridings, how you vote on May 2nd could very well help decide whether or not the CBC will be ransacked and handed over to Stephen Harper’s adoring friends in…
Continue readingFor immediate release April 3 2011
National citizens group endorses Elizabeth May
Saanich, Gulf Islands – A national citizens group opposing the Harper Conservatives in the May 2 general election has endorsed Green Party Leader Elizabeth May in the B.C. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.
Local members of the…
Continue readingThe Catch 22 Campaign is much more than a legal Third Party registered with Elections Canada to advertise in this election. Our social network is growing quickly now with the use of the internet, telephones and face to face meetings. Our website provides the tools that activists need to organize on the ground – riding by riding – because riding by riding is…
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There’s only one way Stephen Harper can be stopped on May 2, 2011 and it’s spelled out with specific voting advice at http://catch22campaign.ca. We’re finalizing our candidate recommendations for anti-Harper voters in target ridings this week. See this list of … |
Nick Fillmore, Catch 22 Campaign team
Ralph Surette probably has been the Maritimes most outstanding independent journalist and columnist for more than 30 years. I have known him since we worked together at The 4thEstate newspaper in Nova Scotia during the 1970s. Living in Digby County, N.S., where he also operates a small farm, Surette continues to judge governments based on how well they serve the public interest, while many Canadian columnists have fallen into the trap of…
Continue readingCross posted from Murray Dobbin’s blog. Murray is a member of the Catch 22 Campaign team.
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I have just come across an article written by Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan in 1997 – the year that Harper left politics to join the National Citizens Coalition. The article, published in Next City, Winter 1996/97 was called …
Continue readingWhat an exciting day! The Catch 22 Campaign’s first ever online endorsement process wrapped up a couple of hours ago. Based on the best available research, the Catch 22 team recommended to our supporters in Saanich-Gulf Islands (SGI) that our campaign support Green Party candidate (and leader), Elizabeth May as the candidate best positioned to defeat incumbent Conservative Gary Lunn. We used our online group to…
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