I also wrote up a boog story on how Dion’s wooing Green Party supporters. Two boogs in one day and I maybe ain’t finished yet.

Now that Dion is describing the LPC as neither right nor left (see Cherniak)and he’s going to use the GPC slogan “Shift Happens”, it is patently obvious that he is setting his sights on soft GPC support. He was even quoted (during the by-elections ?) that if you want a “real green party, vote red.”

While we treehuggers like it when someone steals our policies, we are a little less happy when blatant moves are made to target our supporters. The GPC is enjoying record levels of support. Most polls put us in the double-digits. “Enjoying” support is an apt description. We don’t enjoy it as much when it gets targetted for siphoning off.

I’m not sure why Lizzie chose today to release details. It does relate to Dion’s upcoming release but I don’t think that it’s designed to soften Dion’s blow. More to shore up GPC support and establish the GPC as the real green party with a long held policy of carbon tax and tax shifting.

I don’t blame Dion and the Grits for settin’ their sights on GPC support. Just don’t expect us to hand over our hard won supporters without a fight.

I reckon it cuts both ways. Voters are genuinely concerned about ol’ Mother Earth. If they’re concerned enough to accept a carbon tax, they’ll maybe take a look at the rest of the GPC policies. After all, if the policies, talking points and slogans are worth stealing, voters may just decide to get the whole package from the source.

JB