Announcing Rebecca Harrison as Green Party Candidate and Poverty Elimination Critic

WHITBY-OSHAWA --The Green Party of Canada is pleased and proud to announce Rebecca Harrison as our Critic on Poverty Elimination and nominated candidate for Whitby-Oshawa.  “Rebecca Harrison is an indispensable part of our Green Team.  She works diligently as an organizer for the party, helping other candidates and EDAs, even as she organizes for her own campaign.  I am very pleased to announce that she will be joining the Green Cabinet, helping to develop and enunciate the Green approach to the issue of poverty elimination,” said Green Leader Elizabeth May.  “We are thrilled to have such an inspired and articulate woman as a candidate in this important riding,”

Rebecca Harrison is dedicated to positive change for a better tomorrow in her home of Whitby-Oshawa.   From social justice to green jobs and fiscal responsibility, she feels that the Green Party of Canada can lead this country towards a brighter future.  Ms. Harrison is determined to bring the philosophy of municipal politics to the Federal level, increasing constituent input and community development. She firmly believes it’s time for a Green voice for Whitby-Oshawa. Ms. Harrison is also a full time organizer for the Green Party of Canada in South Western Ontario.

"Less than a year ago, as I advocated for the inclusion of a national poverty elimination strategy in the 2009 Federal Budget, I was faced time and time again by MPs from various parties, telling me that no political party would ever commit to eliminating poverty,” said Ms. Harrison.  “Today, as I humbly accept the appointment as the Green Party of Canada's Poverty Elimination Critic, I can't help but feel as though that has finally changed. Now I can say that one Party will commit to a long term plan to eliminate the greatest threat to human rights in this country--poverty."

"Poverty Elimination is about building and supporting healthy communities and a sustainable economy,” said Ms. Harrison.

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