Brian Munroe felt it was time to take action.
Frustrated with the provincial Liberals, and unhappy with what the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats were offering in this election, the business man decided to join the Green Party and run in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where a candidate had yet to be selected.
“I got sick and tired of the status quo,” said Munroe recently. “I got tired of people going to the ballot box holding their nose and vote for someone they really didn’t want. I want someone to vote for me because they believe in what my beliefs are.”
Munroe has let it be known during recent debates he is “terrified” of Doug Ford, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, of winning the provincial election. He recently took the P.C. candidate for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, Akash Grewal to task for skipping out on the recent Cable 14 televised debate.
“It’s embarrassing the P.C. party didn’t feel it necessary to be here and be accountable to their lack of a party platform,” he said. “Ford is untested and boorish. He is out of his depth.”
Munroe, 50, knows what it’s been like to be on the outer edges of society. Raised by a single mother, he says the government needs to protect the most vulnerable.
“We need to take care of the people who are not protected in our community,” he said.
The Green Party offers a buffet of ideas he supports, such as fiscal responsibility, establishing a basic income, protecting the environment, and instituting tolls on highways.
“We are upfront about (the tolls),” he said.
He took issue with the Liberals and Premier Kathleen Wynne for “arbitrarily” deciding to sell off 53 per cent of Hydro One.
“They didn’t care about your average citizen though about it,” he said. “It was the one thing that put me at the table. When I saw that actually happen, I said to myself it’s ridiculous. We cannot have a Liberal party behaving like the P.C. party.”
Munroe, who is from North York, but relocated to Stoney Creek about 13 years ago, said it’s time the Green Party is recognized as a viable party in Ontario. In New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, people are electing Green politicians, but in Ontario, the television stations have shut out Green leader Mike Schreiner from participating in the debates. It’s a decision that rankles Munroe.
“I’m frustrated,” he said. “It was a less than honorable decision. The Green Party has crossed the line capturing four per cent of the vote. None of the other parties have hit the two per cent mark.”
Munroe, who is involved in the technology sector, with a business called Mobile Solutions of Canada that assists the auto industry, is opposed to the NDP proposing a business education tax that will impact small businesses, some by up to 26 per cent.
“It doesn’t make sense to tax small business,” he said.
The best case scenario for Munroe on June 7 would be the Green’s winning the election. But if not, then hopefully the party comes in second, as long as the Progressive Conservatives don’t top the election vote.
Brian Munroe felt it was time to take action.
Frustrated with the provincial Liberals, and unhappy with what the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats were offering in this election, the business man decided to join the Green Party and run in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where a candidate had yet to be selected.
“I got sick and tired of the status quo,” said Munroe recently. “I got tired of people going to the ballot box holding their nose and vote for someone they really didn’t want. I want someone to vote for me because they believe in what my beliefs are.”
Munroe has let it be known during recent debates he is “terrified” of Doug Ford, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, of winning the provincial election. He recently took the P.C. candidate for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, Akash Grewal to task for skipping out on the recent Cable 14 televised debate.
“It’s embarrassing the P.C. party didn’t feel it necessary to be here and be accountable to their lack of a party platform,” he said. “Ford is untested and boorish. He is out of his depth.”
Munroe, 50, knows what it’s been like to be on the outer edges of society. Raised by a single mother, he says the government needs to protect the most vulnerable.
“We need to take care of the people who are not protected in our community,” he said.
The Green Party offers a buffet of ideas he supports, such as fiscal responsibility, establishing a basic income, protecting the environment, and instituting tolls on highways.
“We are upfront about (the tolls),” he said.
He took issue with the Liberals and Premier Kathleen Wynne for “arbitrarily” deciding to sell off 53 per cent of Hydro One.
“They didn’t care about your average citizen though about it,” he said. “It was the one thing that put me at the table. When I saw that actually happen, I said to myself it’s ridiculous. We cannot have a Liberal party behaving like the P.C. party.”
Munroe, who is from North York, but relocated to Stoney Creek about 13 years ago, said it’s time the Green Party is recognized as a viable party in Ontario. In New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, people are electing Green politicians, but in Ontario, the television stations have shut out Green leader Mike Schreiner from participating in the debates. It’s a decision that rankles Munroe.
“I’m frustrated,” he said. “It was a less than honorable decision. The Green Party has crossed the line capturing four per cent of the vote. None of the other parties have hit the two per cent mark.”
Munroe, who is involved in the technology sector, with a business called Mobile Solutions of Canada that assists the auto industry, is opposed to the NDP proposing a business education tax that will impact small businesses, some by up to 26 per cent.
“It doesn’t make sense to tax small business,” he said.
The best case scenario for Munroe on June 7 would be the Green’s winning the election. But if not, then hopefully the party comes in second, as long as the Progressive Conservatives don’t top the election vote.
Brian Munroe felt it was time to take action.
Frustrated with the provincial Liberals, and unhappy with what the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats were offering in this election, the business man decided to join the Green Party and run in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek where a candidate had yet to be selected.
“I got sick and tired of the status quo,” said Munroe recently. “I got tired of people going to the ballot box holding their nose and vote for someone they really didn’t want. I want someone to vote for me because they believe in what my beliefs are.”
Munroe has let it be known during recent debates he is “terrified” of Doug Ford, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, of winning the provincial election. He recently took the P.C. candidate for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, Akash Grewal to task for skipping out on the recent Cable 14 televised debate.
“It’s embarrassing the P.C. party didn’t feel it necessary to be here and be accountable to their lack of a party platform,” he said. “Ford is untested and boorish. He is out of his depth.”
Munroe, 50, knows what it’s been like to be on the outer edges of society. Raised by a single mother, he says the government needs to protect the most vulnerable.
“We need to take care of the people who are not protected in our community,” he said.
The Green Party offers a buffet of ideas he supports, such as fiscal responsibility, establishing a basic income, protecting the environment, and instituting tolls on highways.
“We are upfront about (the tolls),” he said.
He took issue with the Liberals and Premier Kathleen Wynne for “arbitrarily” deciding to sell off 53 per cent of Hydro One.
“They didn’t care about your average citizen though about it,” he said. “It was the one thing that put me at the table. When I saw that actually happen, I said to myself it’s ridiculous. We cannot have a Liberal party behaving like the P.C. party.”
Munroe, who is from North York, but relocated to Stoney Creek about 13 years ago, said it’s time the Green Party is recognized as a viable party in Ontario. In New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, people are electing Green politicians, but in Ontario, the television stations have shut out Green leader Mike Schreiner from participating in the debates. It’s a decision that rankles Munroe.
“I’m frustrated,” he said. “It was a less than honorable decision. The Green Party has crossed the line capturing four per cent of the vote. None of the other parties have hit the two per cent mark.”
Munroe, who is involved in the technology sector, with a business called Mobile Solutions of Canada that assists the auto industry, is opposed to the NDP proposing a business education tax that will impact small businesses, some by up to 26 per cent.
“It doesn’t make sense to tax small business,” he said.
The best case scenario for Munroe on June 7 would be the Green’s winning the election. But if not, then hopefully the party comes in second, as long as the Progressive Conservatives don’t top the election vote.