FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Record Number of
Candidates to Champion Overlooked Issues Contained in Green Book
SASKATOON,
Saskatchewan (October 22nd, 2007) - The Green Party of Saskatchewan (GPS) and
leader Sandra Finley are excited to announce that they have a record number of
candidates running in the 2007 Provincial election. The 50 candidates are dedicated to championing some of the
overlooked issues of this campaign while providing Saskatchewan voters the
opportunity to recycle their vote in favour of a viable, fresh new party.
Join
Ms. Finley at The Mendel Art Gallery (950 Spadina Cres E) at 3 pm for the
launch of the GPS' Green Book and introduction of Saskatoon and surrounding
area candidates. Jim Harris, representing
Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada, will be in attendance. Mr. Harris is in town to provide support and
share his wealth of campaigning experience with local candidates.
The
50 candidates who have stepped forward to run for the GPS have done so because
they are tired of the inaction of the Saskatchewan government on important
issues such as poverty, the environment and uranium industry expansion. They wish to provide Saskatchewan residents
a viable alternative to the traditional money promising, vote buying politics
of the other major parties with policies that are both fiscally sound and
socially responsible.
The
Green Book highlights several key policy differences between the GPS and the
other Saskatchewan parties. The GPS and
its candidates are opposed to the further development of the financially
unviable nuclear and uranium industry in Saskatchewan. GPS candidates propose that the Saskatchewan
government work with employers to create more entry level jobs for Saskatchewan
graduates by extending current summer employment programs to include the first
year of employment after graduation, rather than pay new graduates to stay in
the province. GPS candidates will
champion a practical and affordable housing program by guaranteeing that all
residents earn the minimum housing wage (the wage required so that a resident
doesn't spend more than 30% of income on housing).
The
GPS' previous high for candidates was 27 in the 2003 election. The GPS was founded in 1999.
For
more information please contact
Craig
Massey
GPS
Communication Director
Saskatoon
Phone
: 683-9414
Email
: