Federal Election 2008

With a fall election upon us, several environmental organizations and other civil society groups are working hard to make sure the environment remains an important point of discussion until voting day on October 14th. Below you will find a list of organizations that are currently offering useful resources, information and insightful commentary on their websites for both citizens and groups to access during this election campaign.

If your organization offers election-related resources but is not listed below, please email robert@cen-rce.org with the relevant information.

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• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: Election Primer with questions and suggestions for candidates regarding wilderness conservation

• Canadian Youth Climate Coalition: PowerVote Canada pledge and resources

• Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy: six questions for federal election candidates on Canada's environment and sustainability

• Climate Action Network: Climate Change resources (video, news and commentary, actions) and links to other useful sites

• Council of Canadians: information, ongoing election commentary, actions, photo gallery

• David Suzuki Foundation: Vote Environment 2008 website with facts, info on getting involved and community blog

• Équiterre: ongoing commentary, videos, hot issues and actions (in French)

• Gaïa Presse : useful resources, information and commentary on the election (in French)

• Imagine Canada: Election Readiness Kit for charities and community nonprofit organizations

• KYOTOplus Campaign: Politician's Pledge Campaign with available documents

• Manitoba Wildlands: links to environment and climate change materials from civil society organizations

• Nature Canada: Vote for Nature website with issues to consider and specific actions to direct towards candidates

• Pembina Institute: Pembina Reacts Blog with reactions from policy experts on climate change, energy and oil sands policy announcements

• Sierra Club of Canada: Voter's Guide to the Climate Crisis Election and blog with commentary from SCC campaigners

• Tomorrow Today - Elections 2008: the leaders of the five main political parties answer 6 environment-related questions on video

• USC Canada: Election Action Kit for food justice (agrofuels, biodiversity, etc)

* Note: the information on this page is provided to facilitate information sharing between Canadian environmental non-governmental organizations and the general public, and is not endorsed by the RCEN.