If you are an environmentally-focused BC resident then you are welcome to attend our town hall / membership convention to hear the candidates and others discuss the key environmental issues relevant to this election.  And those who recently joined the BC Liberal party as part of our membership drive - the GreenLibs - can take part in our members-only discussion to decide who will become the next Premier of BC - because it's likely we control enough votes to determine the outcome!

Our plan is to hold an intimate town/convention of the BC Green Liberal Caucus, carried by live web-streaming to our members and others in the rest of the province.   If you cannot join us in person, then please RSVP above with the "Live-streaming" ticket, so we know how many members will participate - the live-stream will be available at http://www.ustream.tv/user/GreenLiberal.  But if you can come in person, we want you there! 

Here's the schedule (note that this is a revised time to follow the candidates' debate on Shaw TV):

1:30 p.m. - Meet and greet, light refreshments

2:00 - 3:30 - Roundtable Q&A with whichever candidates choose to come and try to win our votes!  CURRENTLY SCHEDULED:  Mike de Jong at 2 p.m., George Abbott at 3 p.m.  Waiting on word from the other candidates.  This may be your ONLY CHANCE to hear the candidates speak on environmental issues!  Don't miss it!

We will supplement these appearances with whatever information we've been able to come up with about the candidates' positions on environmental issues.  Non-partisan NGO's like Organizing For Change and Conservation Voters of BC have been working on getting information - see the CVBC summary of the candidates' public positions here:  http://conservationvoters.ca/leadership-race-2011/liberal-candidates.

NOTE: Candidates and non-caucus members will be asked to leave at the conclusion of the roundtable.

NOTE: Live-streaming will end at 3:30 so that caucus votes and decisions are not public information

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Members-only review of candidate statements and positions, and group discussion. 

At the end of this review, we intend to decide on a recommendation to support a candidate (this may include a ranking of candidates to match the BC Liberal voting procedure).  We will hold that recommendation till the following day, to gather input from caucus members who watched the convention via live-streaming, then we will issue a press release and spread our recommendation to all BCGL members province-wide.

Please RSVP now, so we can ensure that we have enough space for everyone!

See you there for this historic greening of the BC Liberal Party!