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Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association and Upcoming Election

upcoming election: A former president of the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association, Regan agreed the upcoming election was important for changing the direction of federal government in Canada, according to Vancouver Observer. He contributed a number of stories to the Vancouver Observer, including "Bill C-51 could be the biggest bait and switch we've ever seen." "The Harper government had made a wholesale effort to not only destroy protection but then to destroy data and destroy knowledge," Regan said. "We can't make good public policy if we don't have these things." May said she was confident the Canadian people would vote out Harper in 2015. He corrupted our system of government to an elected dictatorship." May spoke at the Rainier in downtown Vancouver at the campaign launch for federal Green candidate Wes Regan. She said the timing of the federal election was extremely important, as it would come before the UN climate talks in Paris this December. "I'm the only MP other than the minister of environment to have gone to these climate negotiations for years now... I'm working right now to be really helpful for whichever party is closest to forming government. All of us Greens are willing to work behind the scenes, whatever it takes, to make this climate treaty work, and that will be right after the election." Regan said more and more Canadians were starting to see how important climate and environment are to public policy, and said it was an election issue."I really feel the Green party is emerging as a more and more viable alternative to Canadians in the way of renewables and new technology," Regan said. "In terms of the post-carbon world, no party has been as progressive and up front about that." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.