The Green Party will be a contender again in the Oct. 14 federal election in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.Before a capacity crowd of more than 300 people at Thursday’s all-candidates meeting at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound, Green candidate Dick Hibma did all he needed to maintain the growth of his party’s appeal to area voters.Hibma spoke effectively and to the point, at times eloquently, about the need for change in Canadian society.Hibma, a former Owen Sound city councillor and long-time chairman of the association of conservation authorities in Ontario, Hibma kept it simple and inspirational during a meeting in which the our other candidates dealt mainly in party platform detail and cross-party critiques.“Our history is built on wood, coal and oil,” Hibma said during his opening remarks. “I would suggest that our future is built on democracy and leadership and vision. That future is one that responds to challenges like rising fuel costs, like plant closings and a response to those challenges with positive thinking and working toward solutions.” Read the full story here.