Three B.C. candidates have tossed their hats into the running in the upcoming federal election B次元官网网址� and all of them are vegans and animal lovers, through and through.

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The federal government announced Tuesday that the writ will drop on Wednesday, with the official election day to be Oct. 21.

B次元官网网址淲e are North AmericaB次元官网网址檚 first federal political party dedicated solely to the protection of all animals and the environment,B次元官网网址� Animal Protection Party leader Liz White says on the partyB次元官网网址檚 website.

The includes a section dedicated to veganism, the Canada-European trade agreement and farm animal protection. It was first founded in 2005 as the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada.

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The three candidates running include Kira Cheeseborough for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding, in the Kootenay-Columbia riding and Jordan Reichert in Victoria.

Cheeseborough, 25, told that she is running because she feels the voices of those impacted by government policies are often missed.

Although she admitted itB次元官网网址檚 a fringe party, Cheeseborough said the APP is B次元官网网址渂ringing compassion into politics.B次元官网网址�

Reichert is an employee of the Animal Alliance of Canada and works for Island Health as a mental health and addictions worker. Meanwhile, Miller is the founder of the Cranbrook Friends of Animals Society.

B次元官网网址淎s a vegan and animal activist, I became involved with the Animal Protection Party of Canada because I saw just how poorly animals were represented in politics across Canada,B次元官网网址� Reichert, who is also deputy leader, wrote in a blog post Monday.

B次元官网网址淔or me, on principle, running for a political party that is not willing to address animal agriculture or the plight of animals, or did not even have the word B次元官网网址榓nimalB次元官网网址� anywhere in their policy was not where I thought I would be able to best do my job of trying to representing the interests of animals politically,B次元官网网址� Reichert continues.

The B.C. candidates make up three of the 12 Animal Protection Party members running across Canada.

B次元官网网址� With files from Jessica Wallace, Kamloops This Week

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