Commentary: You Know You Have a Beard, Right?

Sean Condon wrote an interesting interview in a recent Only Magazine about Kevin Potvin. I thought I'd share a bit of it here.

Kevin Potvin thought he could run for the Green Party in Vancouver-Kingsway during the next federal election, take on the hated David Emerson and win a seat in the House of Commons. Holy shit, he was way off.

Instead, the publisher of The Republic and owner of Magpie Books and Magazines on Commercial Drive got slammed in every newspaper in the country, got hundreds of death threats and got bumped by the Greens because of an article he wrote five years ago called “A revolting confession” about 9/11 and America’s devastating imperialism.

Read the full story here...

Potvin Wins Green Party Seat for Vancouver-Kingsway

Back on March 16th, we reported a Green Party candidates meeting at Cafe Deux Soleils.
Well, the vote is in and our own Kevin Potvin made the grade. Read his thoughts in this article from the Vancouver Courier:

Last Sunday, I got myself nominated as the federal Green Party candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway.
My motivation is the same as when I ran for council in 2005. The interface between citizens and politicians has become opaque with layers of mystery, intrigue and gossip. We can either have elected representatives making up the rules of the game, or we can have appointed technocrats doing it for us.

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Public Meeting: Meet the Green Party Candidates For Vancouver-Kingsway

Kevin Potvin, publisher of The Republic newspaper, will be seeking the Green Party nomination in Vancouver-Kingsway for the next federal election expected this spring.

The nomination meeting will take place at 2:30 on March 24 at Café Deux Soleil, 2096 Commercial Drive. Come out to show support and hear some ideas!

Vancouver-Kingsway is currently represented by Liberal-elected, but Conservative-defected, David Emerson. In the previous election, the Liberals won with 43% of the votes, running that star candidate. Ian Waddell, a long-recognized figure on the left, representing the NDP, came second with 34%. The Conservatives came third with 19%, and the Green candidate came in fourth at 3%.

This time, the Conservatives, after Emerson’s defection to them, could lose half their support; the NDP, if Waddell bows out this time, could lose 5%; and the Liberal candidate, an unknown taking the place of Emerson as a Liberal, may lose up to 14% . That would leave 31%—enough to win—for an effective Green candidate. It’s a long-shot scenario. But if it’s possible to win, that’s how the vote would break out.

Come out and talk to the candidates (other ridings in Vancouver will also conduct their nomination meetings same place, same time) March 24 at 2:30 at Café Deux Soleil, and see just what the possibilities are!

You could also volunteer to help, which would be ducky. Time could be extremely short. An election may well be called before the 24th.