One of the candidates in the federal North Okanagan-Shuswap riding is concerned about not being given the opportunity to speak at #ClimateStrike Salmon Arm.
The walk on Sept. 20, which began at the Ross Street Plaza and wound up at city hall for speeches, was one of hundreds of protests around the world demanding action on global warming.
Kyle Delfing, the People香蕉视频直播檚 Party of Canada candidate, told the Observer he Facebook-messaged the organizers of the walk early last week but received no response. He said he was then messaging with one organizer who was also involved with an environmental debate. He said he asked twice to speak at Friday香蕉视频直播檚 strike but received no response to that question, only to other ones he asked.
He attended the gathering at Salmon Arm香蕉视频直播檚 city hall. As the protesters were arriving, he said Marc Reinarz, the Green Party candidate, came up to him and told him he needed to leave.
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He said they got into a conversation about what each stands for, and then Reinarz went to give his presentation.
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He says at the end of the speeches he was approached by youth organizers and other protesters and was given about 20 minutes to speak to them as they were curious why he was asked to leave.
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Julia Beatty organized the climate strike in Salmon Arm.
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Beatty emphasizes that it was a strike in support of climate change action.
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She adds that Delfing and his supporters spoke to people after the rally and were very respectful.
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Asked if Reinarz was told to tell Delfing to leave, she said she can香蕉视频直播檛 speak for what someone else might have told him.
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Regarding speeches, she reiterates: 香蕉视频直播淗e (Delfing) wasn香蕉视频直播檛 invited to speak and he never spoke with me about whether or not he could speak. If he wanted to speak, he should have spoken with me directly.香蕉视频直播�
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