Gord Perks (born 1963) is a Canadian environmentalist, political activist, and writer and city councillor for Ward 14 Parkdale—High Park. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. Parkdale—High Park is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of
He has been a senior campaigner at the Toronto Environmental Alliance since 1997 with a focus on waste reduction and public transit. The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA was founded in Toronto in 1988. Previously, he was executive director of the Better Transportation Coalition from 1994 to 1996 and the "Pulp and Paper" campaigner at Greenpeace Canada from 1989 to 1993. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 From 1987 to 1989, he was with Pollution Probe where he was the principal author of the Green Consumer Guide.
Perks was the focus of province-wide attention when he disrupted Ontario Premier David Peterson's press conference launching the 1990 provincial election campaign. The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. David Robert Peterson, PC (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario As Peterson announced the election and began to make a statement as to why his government should be re-elected, Perks appeared with a briefcase chained to his wrist containing a tape recorder playing a recording of environmental promises made by Davis, in an act of criticism of the Liberal government's environmental record. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. Perks also heckled Peterson with a bullhorn. Greenpeace and other groups inspired by Perks' disruption plagued Peterson's campaign appearances; Peterson's Liberals were defeated by Bob Rae's New Democrats. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada
Perks has been the environmental columnist for the Eye Weekly magazine since 2003. Eye Weekly is a free weekly Newspaper in Toronto Ontario, Canada. He also works as an adjunct professor at the Environmental Studies department of the University of Toronto. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus
Perks was a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the Toronto area riding of Davenport in the 2006 federal election. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries For the provincial electoral district see Davenport (provincial electoral district. The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the He lost by over 7,000 votes to the incumbent Liberal, Mario Silva. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Mario Silva, MP (born June 11, 1966) is a Canadian politician and is the first and only MP of Portuguese origin in the Canadian Parliament He ran for city councillor in Ward 14 Parkdale—High Park in the 2006 Toronto municipal election. Parkdale—High Park is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario. Against a slate of 13 other candidates he won the race with 3,816 votes or just over 30% of the votes cast.
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