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Pamela Anderson was among the 100 people to attend Wednesday nightsa国际传媒檚 B.C. Green Party town hall at the Beban Park social centre in Nanaimo.
The former Baywatch star, who is from Ladysmith, attended the meeting with representatives from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, who are filming a documentary on fish farming.
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Locky MacLean, a captain with Sea Shepherd, said his group recently returned from three weeks in the Clayoquot Sound, where he alleged they found sea lice and baby wild salmon in fish farms. He advocates for quicker action to take fish farms out of the water and said a peaceful protest flotilla is planned for later this month in Campbell River to raise awareness of the issue.
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Pamela Anderson was at tonight's B.C. Green Party town hall in Nanaimo. Here she is with Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Paul Manly.
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Anderson said she doesnsa国际传媒檛 attend many town halls, but said itsa国际传媒檚 nice to be home after travelling all over the world talking about green issues and the green new deal.
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A range of topics were covered at the meeting including energy policy, forestry, and mental health and addictions. B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver talked about his partysa国际传媒檚 working relationship with the governing New Democrats and said there are times his party is in firm opposition, such as with LNG subsidies, but other times when it can work constructively on legislation.
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Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Paul Manly of the federal Green Party was invited to share the town hall, and he, too, talked about political co-operation. As an example, he said the Conservative Party put forward an environmental bill, Manly and Green Party leader Elizabeth May were the only non-Conservatives to vote in favour, it failed, and then the Green MPs voted in favour of a similar Liberal bill.
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At a B.C. Green Party town hall at Beban Park where party leader Andrew Weaver is speaking about a range of topics including energy and forests policysa国际传媒�
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