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Greens release 2019 platform

The Green Party has released its 2019 platform for the upcoming election.

There are two parts of the platform one being the Green Party as a whole and what they’re focusing on and the other one being what each MP will focus on.

The Skeena- Bulkley Valley Green candidate, Mike Sawyer is focusing on greenhouse gases, climate change, salmon stock around the riding.

Sawyer says his main approach for his campaign is climate change.

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“If we don’t actually become more sustainable and more in tune with what nature can accommodate for the long run we are in for some major economic crashes,” he said.

Sawyer also said the Green Party platform is available on their website.

“I’m going to be having my web page up and running, I’m hoping by the end of the week and some of these things will be there. It will probably be there in dribs and drabs but it should all be there by next week,” he said.

The federal election is expected to be held on October 21.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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