LANA YES!

Would you like to join my LANA YES! campaign team? I am looking for volunteers and would be very excited to hear from you! As you know, the provincial election is not until the spring......BUT....as with every campaign you can never start too early. Email or call if you want to help.

My campaign will be full of energy and creativity!

Let's face it, if you are NDP you already have the cool factor. So let's show the rest of Saanich South what we are made of!

Lana Popham
250-507-4222
lanapopham@rogers.blackberry.net

Would You Like To Help With My Nomination?

I am very excited about this opportunity, and I am working hard to make it a reality, but I can’t do this without your help.

I need your support to win the nomination

What does this mean? It means that I need 200 people to join the BC NDP in Saanich South and come out to vote for me in approx. 3 months at a nomination meeting. The membership form is attached and it costs $10 to become a member.
If you would like another membership form please go online to BC NDP and you will be able to download one.

If you are not sure if you live in Saanich South you can check the map included or go online at www.elections.bc.ca

You cannot vote for me at the nomination meeting unless you have been a member of the NDP for 90 days, so timing is everything! I will need to have all membership forms sent to Vancouver by October 15th, 2008.

I can collect membership forms at any time. Please call me at 250-507-4222 or email lanapopham@rogers.blackberry.net.

To learn a little bit more about what I have been doing please check out my website at www.lanapopham.ca


Thanks so much!

Press Release.....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 8, 2009

LANA POPHAM TO SEEK SAANICH SOUTH NEW DEMOCRAT NOMINATION

Saanich resident Lana Popham announced today that she is seeking the nomination for the BC New Democratic Party in Saanich South.

David Cubberley, the current MLA, announced this summer that he will not seek re-election.

Popham is well known in the community as an organic vineyard owner, environmental activist and small business person. She serves on Saanich’s Planning, Transportation and Economic Development Committee, the Peninsula Agricultural Commission, the Investment Agriculture Foundation , and the Islands Organic Producers Association.

Recently she successfully launched a campaign - Think Outside The Bag - to reduce the use of throwaway plastic grocery bags.

This spring Popham received a CFAX Community award for her environmental advocacy, placing as a runner-up for the annual top Community Leader prize. Popham is involved in many other issues including protection of agricultural land, urban and rural food security, sustainable transportation and affordable housing.

“The Campbell government is out of touch with the needs of our communities. How can we arrive at sustainable solutions for our province if we have no say in the discussion?” said Popham. "Saanich has had an effective voice in the legislature since 2005. I think I have the knowledge and drive to build on that record in Spring 2009.”

Popham counts Cubberley as a mentor and supporter. “I'm excited someone of Lana's caliber wants to enter provincial politics and will work hard to get her elected,” said Cubberley. "Her activism shows how much she values the quality of life in Saanich and demonstrates how our region can grow more sustainability."

Lana, 39 years old, is married to Jon, an Oak Bay firefighter and they have a 10-year-old son, Kye.

The provincial election is on May 12, 2009. No date has been set yet for the Saanich South nomination meeting.

For more info, please contact Lana at 250 507 4222.

Popham Seeks NDP Nomination.

Vintner drops council bid, seeks NDP nomination

Times Colonist

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Shifts in the political landscape have prompted vineyard owner Lana Popham to abandon the upcoming municipal election and take a shot at provincial office.

Popham said yesterday she has withdrawn from running for Saanich council to seek the New Democrat nomination in Saanich South for the B.C. election next year.

That nomination is up for grabs now that the sitting New Democrat MLA David Cubberly has announced he will be stepping down after one term. Party rules adopted in 2007 dictate Cubberly's replacement must be a woman candidate. In any riding held by the NDP, if the current MLA decides not to run, a woman must be nominated. The aim is to ensure women run where there is a real chance of winning, in a plan to push female and minority candidates into more ridings.

Popham said she decided to seek the provincial nomination because she had worked with Cubberly on issues of agriculture, food security and recycling. "I would like to carry on with that work."

The 39-year-old operator of the organic Barking Dog Vineyard said she also sees lots of room for MLAs interested in food production.

Popham pointed out the house is losing not only Cubberly, but also stepping down is Nelson MLA Corky Evans, who always paid attention to farm issues.

© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008

A Community Success!

Capital Regional District pushing cloth shopping bags

Published: September 17, 2008 10:37 AM

Next time you head to the grocery store bring a cloth bag. That's the message the Capital Regional District is packaging in an effort to reduce the number of plastic bags used around Victoria. Handing out almost 1,000 cloth CRD bags at its recent Hartland landfill open house, the district's environmental services department is following up on its campaign, asking residents to take a pledge to not use plastic shopping bags. In return, you'll receive a free CRD cloth bag in return.

"Plastic bags end up in our landfills, our waterways and our harbours," Susan Brice, CRD Environmental chair and Saanich councillor said in a news release.

A survey of more than 20 local grocery stores helped the CRD determine that about 25 million plastic bags are used every year in Victoria.

"By refusing plastic bags, we can reduce consumption, stop plastics bags from entering our waste stream and practice good environmental stewardship."

Asking residents to stop using plastic bags is a step in the right direction, said Saanich resident Lana Popham. A New Democratic Party MLA hopeful, Popham has been the driving force behind a campaign to have plastic bags banned in the region.

"I'm really glad the CRD takes this seriously," Popham said. "It just drives home the message again that the plastic bag is a wasteful product and the more we keep the issue current the closer we are to solving the problem."

To take the pledge to refuse to use plastic bags and receive a CRD cloth bag, go to: www.crd.bc.ca/takethepledge

vmoreau@saanichnews.com