News & Events

Big shout out to our amazing volunteers! Howard, Paul, Cynthia, Emma and Michelle, your participation in the eMERGE Guelph EcoMarket 2019 was essential to the event!

All five Nominees were out meeting people, discussing issues and learning more about this great city and all there is to offer the environmentally conscious and those wanting to learn.

Thanks to Green Party Candidate Nominees, Jax Thornton, Hayley Kellett, Ralph Martin, Steve Dyck and Alex Chapman for providing #Guelph with another historic #Greens happening! 5 Nomination Candidates! Unprecedented. 💚💚💚💚💚

Over 100 people attended the Guelph Greens Nominee Town Hall on Friday March 22 at Cutten Fields in Guelph. Both questions and answers at the event exemplified the wealth of knowledge, passion, ideas, collegiality and more in Guelph.

Get to know the nominees more.

Vidoes from the Town Hall:

• Candidates talk about why they think Guelph was able to elect Ontario’s first green MPP.
• Nominees answer more questions from the audience.
• Nominees discuss how much time they will have to devote to the campaign should they be elected as the Green candidate for Guelph, and what are their top 3 policy priorities.

Candidate Election Night is April 5th. Both Mike Schreiner and special guest Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May will be there. To vote for the nominee of your choice you must be a member of the Green Party of Canada by Friday March 22nd. Join here!

Thank you to all the nominees, their supporters, and members who have asked questions and expressed concerns about whether or not they would be able to cast a vote in this nomination contest. The vote will take place on Friday April 5th, at the Holiday Inn on Scottsdale Dr, during the nomination event. We are not able to safely, privately and legally accept any votes not cast in person at the event. There will be no special ballots or advanced ballots.

The nomination contest here in Guelph this year is very exciting, especially after a successful 2018 Provincial election. We, as a party, have grown in an exponential way over the last two years.

This unprecedented nomination contest, which may have five nominees, has brought a lot of attention to our party and to our city. Thanks to that extra attention, it has brought our own EDA attention to our systems. Our constitution and by-laws were written and voted into place in 2012, 7 years and 3 elections ago. While reviewing our by-laws we have come to understand that we are not in a position to accept special or advance ballots. We do not have a secure system.

While this must leave many members frustrated that they can not take part in the selection of the candidate for the Federal election, I really hope you will take the time to work with us to update and modernize our constitution and by-laws for our next AGM. If you are interested in joining a committee to help review the by-laws as they are and to help with updates please let us know. If you have a particular interest in only the nomination election process we need your voice also. Please email president@guelphgreens.ca to let us know.

Candice Lepage

President, Guelph Greens EDA and CA

The Guelph Greens’ first official event for the 2019 Federal Campaign, a nominee mixer, was a resounding success. The room was packed at the Symposium in Guelph on the afternoon of March 9, 2019, where 3 of the 5 nominees vying for the candidacy of Guelph Greens were present to chat with attendees.

Official nominees Ralph Martin and Steve Dyck, and unofficial nominee Jax Thornton were busy all afternoon speaking with attendees. Unfortunately, nominee Alex Chapman and unofficial nominee  Hayley Kellett were unable to attend.

Those who attended were able to enjoy some delicious snacks as they learned more about the nominees, mixed and mingled with fellow Guelph Greens,  found out what it takes to work on a winning campaign, and signed up to volunteer.

Watch for news of our next event, a nominee townhall, which will include all 5 of the (by then) official Guelph Green nominees.  The event is expected to be held towards the end of March.