I love this video.
I love this guy… the guy in the hat is my husband Bob Jonkman, the 2019 Green Party of Canada Candidate in Brantford—Brant, Ontario. As Canada uses an archaic Winner-Take-All voting system (similar to the US, UK and Australia) he didn’t win. This time.
I love this song. It was a tiny tune created by my favorite contemporary musician, the talented Josh Woodward. Everything Josh creates is released with a Creative Commons Attribution license. This video is likewise CC-By.
What this means is that any Green Party can use it. Free of charge.
Liner Notes:
For those of you who aren’t up on the Canadian Greens, I’ll give you a little background.
The video is bookended by the GPC’s awesome leader, Elizabeth May. She’s been the leader for 13 years, and the fact our Green Party is doing as well as it is has a lot to do with that.
• Our Green Party’s “Green New Deal” was called “Mission: Possible,” and the opening line is something she said at the Kitchener GPC campaign launch.
• The minnows are swimming in Cypress Lake, at a favorite camping spot, in Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory.
• The Tree planting footage was recorded in the spring in Paris, Ontario.
• The CC-By temperature visualization was created by Antti Lipponen from data provided by Berkeley Earth/Robert Rohde
http://berkeleyearth.org/
• The sign waving was in Brantford.
• The footage of Bob talking to people was at the Brant Greens booth at the Paris Fair. In the background, some of our volunteers are helping kids make their own buttons, a bit of gratis outreach we make as part of our community involvement.
• The Circle Dance was at a Rise for Climate event in Waterloo
• Bob joined Cambridge candidate Michele Braniff and friends at the Cambridge for for the first “Green Wave” segment
• for “the mountains” I used a clip of Paul Manly, recorded at the 2016 GPC Special General Meeting, before he became the second elected Canadian Green, now the re-elected Member of Parliament for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Electoral District
• for “to the seaway” I used footage of the second elected PEI Greens MLA, Hannah Bell, speaking at the 2018 Green Party of Ontario convention in Guelph (alongside PEI Greens leader Peter Bevan-Baker)
• The second “Green Wave” begins with GPO leader Mike Schreiner “mainstreeting” in Kitchener with the 2018 provincial election with the five Waterloo Region Greens candidates (Bob Jonkman, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Stacey Danckert and Zdravko Gunjevic) …
• … then cuts to Milton candidate Eleanor Hayward and friends at Elizabeth May’s “Community Matters” town hall in Guelph
• Guelph candidate Steve Dyck speaking to the crowd at the 2019 Platform Release in Guelph
• “Together” takes us back in Kitchener, where southern Ontario GPC Green Candidates Steve Dyck, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Kristin Wright,
Collan Simmons, Stephanie Goertz, Bob Jonkman and Nicholas Wendler join GPC leader Elizabeth May and GPO leader Mike Schreiner in support of the Mike Morrice campaign launch
• Elizabeth May’s back again, tying it all up at the end with a punch line that was part of her answer to a question posed by the youngest Green Party member at the “Community Matters” event in Guelph
Category: Green Party of Canada
Elizabeth May: A Legacy of Leading the Green Party
Elizabeth May: A Legacy of Leading the Green Party:
I am very sad to see Ms May step down as the Green Party of Canada leader; I believe she would make a fabulous Prime Minister, but that was not to be. On the other hand, she’s certainly put the GPC on the map. And, for that matter, Greens. Despite the Defenders of the Status quo who’ve accused her of trying to hog the spotlight. Since becoming involved with the GPC, I can tell you nothing could have been further from the truth. Part of the reason there are 3 Green MLAs in BC, 1 MPP in Ontario, 3 MLAs in New Brunswick, and that the Official Opposition in PEI is due in part to the fact Ms May has always spared some of her prodigious energy working to help build the Green movement across Canada. The problem has not been with Ms May, but with defenders of the Status Quo number the MSM (Mainstream Media), which has generally worked hard to lock Greens out of politics. They know a strong enough Green influence will disrupt the status quo. Because Greens do politics differently. This is a great interview. Well worth a listen.
VOTE YOUR VALUESFull Disclosure: Bob Jonkman, the 2019 Green…
Laurel & Bob
Bob and our son, Willem (circa 1993)
VOTE YOUR VALUES
Full Disclosure: Bob Jonkman, the 2019 Green Party of Canada Candidate for Brantford–Brant is my husband.
I fully support Bob’s campaign (which is why my own projects are languishing until this election is over) because I believe we need Bob in Parliament.
I can tell you Bob is perhaps the smartest most ethical man I’ve ever known. If Bob is elected, I believe we will get electoral reform to Proportional Representation. This is so important because it will make it possible for Canada to begin to actually solve our problems, rather than dance political rings around them as the big parties do. We need to restore and improve our universal healthcare (and reverse the privatization!). We need a government that understands the importance of transparent governance and personal privacy. A government that understands modern technology. And a government that will restore and honour our Charter Rights. We all need votes that count. And most important: we need to get to work on Climate Change now. Canada can be a climate leader but to be that we need to elect the right politicians.
This is why I think it’s so important to elect Bob.
So I will be posting more about Bob through the remaining days of the election.
If you want to see real change in Ottawa, if you want fair voting and real Climate Action that doesn’t include additional fossil fuel pipelines and Fracking, if you want human equity and actual reconciliation, if you live in Brantford–Brant, please consider casting your vote for Bob. If you’re a Canadian who doesn’t live in Brantford–Brant you can still support Bob with a donation here:
https://bobjonkman.ca/donate/
And don’t forget to check out the candidates in your riding and
vote for what you want!
The 2019 Canadian Election is on! Check out Bob Jonkman’s…
The 2019 Canadian Election is on!
Check out Bob Jonkman’s appearance on the
Rogers Local Campaign Brantford–Brant Debate!
This is a very different election than we are accustomed to. Although 2019 is not going to be our first federal election under Proportional Representation as indicated by the #ERRE committee, because it is shaping up to be a minority government, if we elect enough Green MPs, it could actually be the last election under First Past The Post if Canadians vote for what we want.
As your Green Party MP, Bob will represent Brantford–Brant in Parliament. He won’t just deliver his party’s edicts to the riding.
One Green MP can make a real difference; with enough Green MPs sitting in Parliament, Canada will take real climate action.
Vote Your Values!
Come join the Brant Greens for drinks and a barbeque!Saturday…
Come join the Brant Greens for drinks and a barbeque!
Saturday October 12th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Steel Wheel Brewery
105 Powerline Road, Brantford, Ontario Canada
BBQ with local organic beef burgs and beyond meat burgs, potato salad, and some munchies. And of course, the full Steel Wheel selection of local craft brew to go with it! Enjoyable evening of local food, good fun, and generous fundraising.
This is also a fundraiser for the Bob Jonkman federal election campaign!
Bob Jonkman at the Paris Fair 2019I’m caught up in…
Bob Jonkman at the Paris Fair 2019
I’m caught up in politics… this is my husband, Bob Jonkman, the Green Party candidate for Brantford-Brant, Ontario, in the upcoming 2019 federal election.
I’m of the opinion that we really need to leave the world a better place than we found it, for our kids, and their kids, and their kids… but if we keep on as we’ve been, we’ll bequeath them a Mad Max dystopia. Fortunately, the Green Party has a plan:
MISSION POSSIBLE
https://www.greenparty.ca/en/mission-possible
Welcome WRGreens Candidates
WRGreens second nomination meeting has filled our slate of 2019 WRGreens candidates. Congratualations!
Cambridge GPC Candidate
- Michele Braniff
Kitchener—Conestoga GPC Candidate
- Stephanie Goertz
Kitchener South—Hespeler GPC Candidate
- David Weber
Mingling
Music
Networking
Kitchener South—Hespeler: Ian Graham, Archie Henderson, David Weber
With all our candidates chosen, our 2019 candidates first official outing was the following Saturday’s pancake flipping team at the 2019 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival.
In 2015 WRGreens only female candidate was Michele Braniff in Cambridge. In 2018 we got closer to gender balance when Stacey Danckert ran in Kitchener Centre provincially. But now, in 2019, we are especially pleased to note the WRGreens gender imbalance now swings the other way, with 3 of our 5 (60%) candidates being women.
THE FULL SLATE
Congratulations to all our 2019 candidates!
Kitchener South—Hespeler • Cambridge • Kitchener—Conestoga • Waterloo • Kitchener Centre
WRGreens Candidate Nominations THURSDAY April 4th!
Waterloo Region Green Party of Canada Nominations
Thursday, 4 April 2019 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Come vote for your riding’s Green Party candidate for the 2019 Federal Election!
Whether you’re a GPC member or just considering green, you’re welcome to come along and hear from the candidate nominees and find out about the Green Wave growing in Waterloo Region and across Canada.
Cambridge Nominee
- Michele Braniff
Michele was unable to attend the WRGreens preNomination meeting so there is no available video. Instead, we can present this tail end of the speech she gave at the Cambridge Greens launch last year.
As this would be Michele’s 3rd time running for the Green Party, you can check our more of her past election videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3lnrg4_SI&list=PLM8NcWI58uu5AaNIMguCVNSvWQZTHjiL4
Kitchener—Conestoga Nominee
- Stephanie Goertz
Kitchener South—Hespeler Nominees
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- David Weber
This would be David’s 4th time running for the Green Party, so you can see more of him in past election debates: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM8NcWI58uu466PNnvdfbhlRheVekOiwl
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- Ian Graham
- Archie Henderson
Unfortunately Mr Henderson wasn’t at the prenomination event, so you’ll have to come out to the event to hear from him!
There will still be a contest for districts with only one nominee; the ballot also has a choice for “None Of The Above”.
In order to vote for a candidate your membership must have been activated by 6 March 2019, or if you have an expired membership you can renew it before or at the event.
6:30pm Doors open (hear the music)
7:15pm Official business gets underway: Introductions, hear from the candidate nominees and voting will ensue!
Musical performances will be scattered through the night and we’ll end with an opportunity to socialize. There’ll be light refreshments and additional food and beverage service will be available. Come early for a pre-event dinner!
What: Joint Nomination Contest for Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener South—Hespeler
When: Thursday, 4 April 2019 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: Edelweiss Tavern
Location: 600 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Ontario Map 1
My awesome husband Bob Jonkman is a candidate nominee for the…
My awesome husband Bob Jonkman is a candidate nominee for the 2019 federal Green Party of Canada nomination in Kitchener Centre.
https://bobjonkman.ca/
My awesome husband Bob Jonkman is a candidate nominee for the…
My awesome husband Bob Jonkman is a candidate nominee for the 2019 federal Green Party of Canada nomination in Kitchener Centre.
https://bobjonkman.ca/