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Mary Ann Hodge
Green candidate for London Centre
Biography
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Mary Ann returned to London in 2006 and has been involved in the London community and the Green Party ever since. Her varied background gives her insight into different communities, from growing up on a farm to corporate work, teaching and being a single parent.
Mary Ann's accomplishments include:
- Cofounder of Climate Action London
- Led the effort to ask the City Council to declare a climate emergency
- Raised over $1M for Camp Kee-Mo-Kee, leading a complete revitalization of the camp and spearheading programming for Indigenous & and LGBTQ2+ youth
- Led the effort to unite London non-profit organizations to bring native plants to London gardens
- Key Earthfest London organizer for four years, bringing 3,000 Londoners together to celebrate Earth Day and Indigenous culture (join us Sat April 26)
- Helped raise $7M for Indwell supportive housing projects in London
- Foster parent with the London Children’s Aid Society
Reason for running
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The climate crisis often takes a back seat to the economy – but we are now in the position that extreme weather, and policies from unfriendly neighours, are increasing costs. I believe the Green Party has the policies to bring Canadians together by building on common goals.
Every election seems to be “the most important election”. What IS important is for everyone to vote. Yet, about half of all eligible voters don’t see the point. The other half are too often highly partisan and feel scared or angry if the “other” side wins. Using the analogy of a body: is an eye more important than an ear; or an arm or a leg? In the same way, decision makers need to hear all voices to understand the impacts of decisions and issues. Our current election system -, the “winner takes all” system – means some voices make all the decisions. It also leads to massive waste; when governments change, programs are often cancelled and policies reversed, only to come back again years later with another government shuffle. Strategic voting hurts everyone at some point. What if it didn’t have to be that way?
How can we envision a new way forward? Indigenous people call it 2-eyed seeing: looking at issues from different perspectives.
WITH ONLY 5-7% OF THE VOTE, THE Greens do NOT swing governments, but what they do is signal to the other parties which policies are important to Canadians (policies they sometimes adopt themselves!). This means you can vote Green without fear of “splitting the vote”.
A green vote is a vote FOR something. This election, I hope you check out our policies and join us in a positive election experience.
Il est très important dans cette élection que tout le monde participe et vote.
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