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Environment coalition sends 'green' message to candidates A coalition of environmental the political parties will be waîch- climate change is an issue." Currently, the e-mails are sent choice to make. Either we continue groups is asking voters in 1 ing most closely Halton has been a To that end, ForestEthics, along automatically t0 sitting MPs, to produce more global warming !Ontario ridings including Halton close race in the pasi," said Gillian with the Polaris Institute and including Haltofrs Conservative pollution [rom the Tar Sands (in E t0 let candidates in an upcoming McEachern of ForestEthics, a Environmental Defence, have MP Lisa Raiti, but that will change Alberta), or we catch up in the race federal election know they want North American-wide non-profit launched the wehsite, once an election is called, said to transition to the greener economy more investment in green energy environmental organîzation. wwwYourvotetheirfuture.ca, that McEachern. of tomorrow." and less pollution. we really want is for ail will send form e mails t0 party can- The emaîl states in part: The reference to December isol " We wert looking at the ridings candidates to hear froni voters that ddates in the nex election "is December, Canada bas a the date of an elechton, but rathe environmentaliorganization fUir 0C ats ,venU g to oag 0co Living WeIl Pilates Ltd. RATTLE SNAKE Pol T maassaam 905-878-2341 w - - t r s Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 15, to be held in Copenhagen from December 7 to 18 (www.unfccc.int). NDP seeks candidate The NDP's Halton riding associa- tion bas announced it has begun a nomination contest to choose a can- didate for the next federal election. Members of the NDP living with- in the Halton riding boundaries will be eligible to vote in the nomination meeting, which will be hell along with an AGM later this nonth. So far, the partys association bas one prospective candidate, Pat Heroux. A former health-care aide at the Allendale long-term care home in Milton and a union local presi- dent, the retired Heroux was the NDP's Halton candidate in the last provincial election in 2007 when she came fourth garnering about 7.5 per cent of the vote. The partys riding association is accepting applications from prospective candidates until Tuesday. The vote to select a candi- date is set for the following Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the E.C. Drury Food School, 215 Ontario St. S. For more information, visit www.haltonndp.ca.