MUSKOKA, ON – Any local Green Party supporters now know who they will be voting for in October’s federal election.
Gord Miller was named as the party’s candidate for the Parry Sound-Muskoka riding in a release Monday morning.
Miller got support from recent candidate Glen Hodgson and provincial candidate Matt Richter. He has some work to do with the party as it’s local support has been slipping in past elections. In 2015 the Greens only got 7 per cent of the total votes, which was the lowest in the riding since the 2000 election.
Miller is an ecologist and environmental analyst. He appears regularly on media outlets to talk about environment issues and policy.
“One needs only to look at this past year that saw record flooding in Muskoka coupled with a
devastating wildfire north of Parry Sound to see that climate change and the health of our natural
environment is of the utmost importance to people in Parry Sound and Muskoka,” Miller said in the release.
“When you consider the impact to our local economies, to our housing and to our infrastructure, it
becomes obvious that dealing with these issues affects our lives and our economy and Greens have
been saying this for years,” Miller added. “However, we remain the only party that has an actual plan to deal with climate change that will protect our environment and invigorate our economy and Canadians are seeing this and, as a result, supporting us like never before.”
He will officially launch his campaign in late July. A party official said the Greens are experiencing the biggest increase in support of all the major parties and are on track to elect the most MP’s in their history.
