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An organization created before the 2011 federal election by a group of young Canadians disillusioned by the Conservative government’s environmental policies is ramping up a social media campaign in an effort to prevent vote splitting in swing Conservative ridings.

The Vote Together campaign by Leadnow.ca is essentially an Anybody But Conservative movement.

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Leadnow began among a group of young environmentalists who emerged disenchanted from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009.

The organization says its three pillars are a strong democracy, a fair economy and a clean environment.

“In the 2008 election, the majority of Canadians voted for parties in favour of climate actions but because of our voting system we got a minority government that was opposed to it,” said Lead Now campaigns director Jamie Biggar.

In the 2008 election, the majority of Canadians voted for parties in favour of climate actions but because of our voting system we got a minority government that was opposed to it

“Then we had the Copenhagen conference and the experience of watching that same government do everything it could to undermine a global political agreement on climate change,” he added.