| Greens Swimming in Cash
The Green party is a millionaire. If preliminary results from the June 28 federal election stand, the party will receive a little more than $1 million each year until the next election for garnering 4.3 per cent of the popular vote.
Under new election financing rules, any party that wins more than two per cent of the popular vote is entitled to public funding. Each vote cast for the party equals $1.75 per year. The Green party won 580,702 votes in this election.
Calgary North Centre candidate Mark MacGillivray says the new funding will allow the Green party to hire more staff and spend more money on advertising and research.
The party had hoped to win at least one seat in this election but those hopes were quashed. The Green party won the highest level of support in Alberta (6.2 per cent) and British Columbia (6.4 per cent). In Calgary the Green party won 7.5 per cent of the popular vote, just below the NDP at 7.9 per cent. Green candidates won more votes than NDP candidates in three Calgary ridings.
The Green party is recycling all of its election signs and is asking for anyone who wants to recycle their sign to take it to Java Hut or Roasterie Too.
Looking For Youth Activists
Stage Left Productions, Youth ROAR (Reach Out Against Racism) and Heart of the Northeast Community Solutions Resource Centre are inviting youth between the ages of 12 and 18 who live in northeast Calgary to participate in a new Theatre of the Oppressed Youth Group.
The group will create "sociopolitical, interactive plays that are relevant to the experiences of diverse youth and that promote social justice."
The youth group will meet every week starting July 15 until a public performance on August 20. No experience is necessary.
For more information you can e-mail Chelsea Peddle at Chelsea_peddle@yahoo.com or Michele Decottignies at Michele@stage-left.org.
Fish Creek Guided Tours
Alberta Community Development is holding guided tours on Fish Creek Provincial Park’s history and nature every Tuesday from July 6 to August 31.
The guided tours begin at Mallard Point Picnic Area on July 6 at 7 p.m. Park planner Wayne Meikle and environmental educator Ellen Gasser will talk about the fish and wildlife that inhabit Poplar Island and the Bow River south of Mallard Point.
On July 13, University of Calgary archaeological educator Susan deCaen will talk about the park’s archaeological treasures, which include tipi rings, campsites, bison jumps and buffalo pounds that date back 8,000 years.
For more information call Ellen Gasser at 297-7927 .
Correction: In last week’s Visual Arts section, the wrong photograph accompanied a story about the artwork of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood ("Geezer art: Painting gives Wood satisfaction, Visual Arts, June 24 — June 30, 2004). The photo was actually of a sculpture by Jeff De Boer, which you can read about in this week’s Visual Arts section. We apologize for the error. |
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