Shamelessly pulled from my blog, here's something that's going on in Vancouver right now:
http://canadianspades.blogspot.com/2...down-dion.html
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The Green Party is down 5.7% with 26.2% undecided voters... This is a chance for history. This is a chance for the Green party to really get in gear. Dan Grice has lead the debates, and has made the environment the key election issue. He is running the election on his terms and I think there is a real chance for an upset here.
I'll be out distributing leaflets for one reason... The loss of the most stable Liberal riding in Canada would send a powerful message: Boot Dion or we're not voting for you. Grow some balls or we're not voting for you. The Greens can really demonstrate themselves as a viable opposition vote. That seems to be the way Canadian politics is played, so why not play ball?
Plus, Grice has said publicly he wants to legalize marijuana. That has mobilized the activist community into not only donating funds, but donating manpower to the leafleting crew. Well played Grice, well played.
Here's Grice:
I personally think this policy would create a dramatic reduction in personal and property crime, because it would instantaneously cut out about 30-40% of the internal profits of organized crime in this country. It would also remove the gateway effect where the same people selling pot are often the same people pushing meth and cocaine.
As a candidate, I want to be vocal about this but I am afraid this will stereotype us as the "marijuana party?" I love the conservatives attacking us on Peace, Pot, Protectionism, and Parking tickets because it puts it in context of other issues.
I love the messaging: "Tax Cannabis," as it doesn't sound soft on drugs, not draconian. What do other people think, is there much votes to be gained by taking a lead on this or will it marginalize us.
Submitted by Dan Grice on 23 October 2007 - 1:35am.
Let's send a message, make history, and really make governments take environmental issues seriously. Vote Grice in Vancouver Quadra.
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Do you think the Greens have a realistic chance? That's an awful lot of undecided voters. We're hitting the leafleting pretty hard tomorrow... Trying to mobilize the weed smokers to come out and vote. We've got 1000 pamphlets for tomorrow alone. That ramps up on Sunday.