Federal leader Elizabeth May predicts Greater Victoria will send more of her Green Party candidates to Ottawa, as the election campaign gets underway.

sa国际传媒淲esa国际传媒檙e likely to see more Greens elected in the area,sa国际传媒� said May in an email after kicking off her campaign at an event in downtown Victoria. She spent part of Wednesday travelling to Toronto, where the first leaderssa国际传媒� debate will be hosted Thursday.

May, who became the MP for Saanichsa国际传媒揋ulf Islands in 2011, is running for a third term. sa国际传媒淚 feel good about my record, but know I could have done so much more with additional Greens elected,sa国际传媒� she said.

Paul Manly holds the other Green seat in the House Commons, after he won a byelection in May in Nanaimosa国际传媒揕adysmith.

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Current predictions give the Greens just under four seats, plus or minus three seats, on Oct. 21.

Sabina Singh, running for the New Democrats against May, promised to make the environment a key point of her campaign.

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Conservative hopeful David Busch said his partysa国际传媒檚 environmental platform is the sa国际传媒渂est one,sa国际传媒� but his campaign will take a different direction.

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Requests for comment from Liberal candidate Ryan Windsor and Ron Broda of the Peoplesa国际传媒檚 Party of Canada were not immediately returned.

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