2009 Leadership Convention and Annual Policy Conference Draft Agenda

22.09.2009 - 07:36

We look forward to seeing you at the convention! This page will be updated with more details as we approach the convention days.

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Friday November 13
Delta London Armouries Hotel

5pm – 8pm Convention Registration & Voting Open

6pm – 10pm Reception - Tribute to Frank de Jong in the Gunnery Ballroom/Officers Club
8pm - Introduction by Deputy Leader's Shane Jolley and Judy Smith-Torrie; Farewell speech by Frank de Jong

Saturday November 14
London Convention Centre

8am – 11am Convention Registration & Voting Open

9:00am Opening Remarks

9:30am Central Region Male Representative on Provincial Executive - Presentations

9:45am Town Hall with Mike Schreiner

10:25am Introduce Volunteer Phone Bank - Robert Routledge

10:30am Break

10:45am Workshops
1. Transportation - Karolyne Pickett, Facilitator
2. Health Care for the 21st century - Dr. Georgina Wilcock, Facilitator
3. Planning in the Golden Horseshoe - Bill Winegard, Facilitator
4. Green Economy - Neil Kudrinko, Facilitator

12:00pm Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm Volunteer Phone Bank A

1:00pm Erin Shapero, City of Markham Councillor

1:50pm Break

2:00pm Workshops
1. Post-Secondary Education - Barbora Grochalova, Facilitator
2. Green Finance - Patti Maurice, Facilitator
3. Engaging cultural communities in the political process - Navigating an evolving constituency -
      Mark Persaud, Presenter
4. How Government Works - Lawson Hunter, Presenter

3:15pm Break

3:30pm Election Strategy - Dave Scrymgeour, GPO Election Chair

4:20pm Break

4:30pm Strategic Communications - Ralph Benmergui, Speaker

5:00pm GPO Communications, looking forward - Mariana Di Rezze

5:00pm Voting for GPO Leader and Central Male Regional Representative Closes

5:30pm Reception, main lobby

6:00pm Dinner
Announcement of new GPO Leader & Acceptance Speech

Sunday November 15
Delta London Armouries Hotel

9:15am Remarks on election from Leadership Campaign Committee

9:30am Plenary

10:30am Break

10:45am Workshops
1. Lessons learned from the Obama Campaign - Robert Routledge, Presenter
2. Mining - Rob Strang, Facilitator
3. Human Rights - LGBTQ - Stephan LaFrenie, Facilitator
4. Workshopped resolutions from Plenary - transportation; Robert Schmidt, Facilitator

12:00pm Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm Volunteer Phone Bank B

1:00pm Plenary

2:00pm Eleanor McMahon - Founder, Share the Road Cycling Coalition

3:00pm Elizabeth May - Leader, Green Party of Canada (Live from Saanich & the Gulf Islands by video-conference!)

3:45pm Closing & Adjournment


Spotlight

Spotlight | 23.07.2010

Media Statement – GPO Leader Mike Schreiner

SCHREINER REQUSTS ONTARIO OMBUDSMAN TO REVIEW OPA PROCUREMENT PROCESS RELATED TO KING TOWNSHIP PEAKER PLANT

Leader’s letter re: exempting the gas-fired peaker plant from the Planning Act.

Spotlight | 06.07.2010

HST and First Nations

Spotlight | 19.05.2010

Multimedia

Green TV | 28.07.2010

Friends for Life, a bike tour from Toronto to Montreal

Friends for Life, a bike tour from Toronto to Montreal. Mike Schreiner biked for 2 of the 7 days.

Focal Point - Tuesday June 29, 2010

Green TV | 06.07.2010

This Week in Green: June 10, 2010

Green TV | 16.06.2010

Events

Thursday, Sep. 30

Willowdale Green Party Speakers' Series

Featuring: Young Urban Farmers

Saturday, Oct. 16

Muskoka Green Tour

Parry Sound—Muskoka | 16.10.2010