The Green Party of Ontario has announced the nomination of Robert Gibson as the party’s candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha for the 2022 provincial election.
Gibson, who has a bachelor degree in environmental science from Trent University, is a freelance journalist and long-time contributor to Arthur, Trent University and Peterborough’s independent student newspaper, where he also served as treasurer and internal affairs commissioner on the Arthur board.
He has reported on environmental issues, including environmental deregulation and the vulnerability of Ontario’s wetlands, and hosted the ‘Environmental Soup’ podcast through Trent Radio for a number of years.
“Doug Ford’s sprawl agenda and failure to protect wetlands has serious local consequences in Peterborough-Kawartha, including severe, expensive flooding,” Gibson says in a media release. “Ontario Greens are the only party with a real plan to protect the nature that protects us.”
According to the Green Party website, Gibson’s other priorities are supporting a better pandemic response, challenging urban sprawl, and ending Ontario’s affordable housing crisis.
The 2022 provincial election will be held on Thursday, June 2nd. There are currently six candidates for the Peterborough-Kawartha riding: incumbent Dave Smith of the Conservatives, Greg Dempsey of the Liberals, Jen Deck of the NDP, Robert Gibson of the Green Party of Ontario, Tom Marazzo of the Ontario Party, and Dylan Smith of the None Of The Above Party.
