program. As a long-standing community member, Jake has been very active in a variety of campaigns and grass roots political movements. In 1990, Jake Cole helped form the first Green Party of Canada chapter in Kanata. Jake has been an active campaigner against cosmetic pesticides use on lawns and playing fields. Jake is the communication advisor for the Canadian Organic Growers. Jake made submissions to the Kirby and Romanow Health Commissions. Jake actively campaigns for health promotion programs. Eglinton—Lawrence: Patrick Metzger Metzger holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English literature from the University of Western Ontario, and a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He worked fifteen years in the banking and brokerage industry, including experience with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong. After returning to Canada in 2001, he changed careers and became a writer and television producer. He received 2,520 votes (5.12%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Joe Volpe. Etobicoke–Lakeshore: Philip Ridge Philip Ridge ran against Michael Ignatieff who later became the leader of the Liberal Party. Philip comes from a diverse background of engineering and marketing and currently owns Ridge Energy Consultants Inc www.ridge.ca and The Energy Store www.theenergystore.ca Philip successfully increased Green Party votes by a high percentage. His main thrust was educating the voters on the amount of toxins produced in the riding - the highest in Toronto. Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock: Andy HarjulaAndy Harjula was born in Finland and moved to Ontario as a child. He has a diploma in forestry from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and a Master's Degree in forestry from Colorado State University. He moved to Cavan, Ontario, in 1988. Harjula worked for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for twenty-seven years, accepting retirement when Mike Harris's government made cutbacks to the department. He has co-ordinated the establishment and operations of provincial parks and done landscape work. In 2006, he was a director of the Victoria Lands and Water Stewardship Council and the Otonbee Conservation Foundation. He was sixty-three years old when he was nominated as a Green Party candidate in 2005. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and its antecedents before joining the Greens. Himself a gun owner, he supported the Canadian Firearms Registry in the 2006 election, saying "If (they) are stolen [...] I'd like (them) returned." After the 2006 federal election, Harjula said that he would not