But Lewis, who chose to campaign here, is not discouraged, even though pundits and senior members of his party don't expect him to win. ?
Lewis' campaign is focused on addressing the climate emergency as a way to tackle other crises, such as overdoses and a lack of affordable housing. .
After a summer of heat domes and wildfires that burned the town of Lytton, B.C. to the ground, Lewis said his climate policies are resonating with constituents.
"We need to send Avi to Ottawa to shake up the entire political establishment, including his own party," Suzuki said in a video advertisement for Lewis's campaign posted on Twitter. .
This is the most important day of my campaign so far.<br><br>In this riding, we either unite the environmental vote or we get the disastrous status quo.<br><br>These local and national climate champions have made a tough decision: their support is an honour and a responsibility.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greens4Avi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Greens4Avi</a> <a href="https://t.co/vsUge1w8t9">pic.twitter.com/vsUge1w8t9</a>.
Lewis calls his pitch a Green New Deal — a catchphrase NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he supports, but is absent from his federal campaign's messaging. .
But if he unites the Green-left vote, Lewis said, he believes he can get to Ottawa.
Lewis called it a sign of the party's grassroots wanting to turn more aggressively to viewing climate change as an emergency. ?
An NDP government in Alberta that had embraced fossil fuels, the departure of [former NDPÂ leader] Tom Mulcair," said Lewis.
Lewis said he doesn't see any divisions in the NDP nor does he think his message is any different from the party's, even though his campaign is singularly focused on climate change
"We need gigantic change, so yeah, I'm deeply impatient," he said
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