UPDATE: Federal Green leader Elizabeth May to announce taxation policies in Kamloops

After spending Thanksgiving with her family in Ashcroft, Green Party leader Elizabeth May will make a party announcement in Kamloops.

May, joined by husband and Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon Green Party candidate and finance critic John Kidder and Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidate Iain Currie, will make the announcement on the party's plans to "restore fairness to the taxation system" at Currie's campaign office at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15.

With only one week before the federal election, May will canvas on Victoria Street with Kidder and Currie at 2:15 p.m. after a rally with Currie's supporters at the campaign office at 2 p.m.

May will end the Kamloops stop by meeting the T'Kemlups Chief and Council at 3:15 p.m.

-This story was updated at 2:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 to include further information concerning May's announcement.

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