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Canada’s Greens have never had it so good. The party now has two MPs elected under the Green banner, after Paul Manly won the Nanaimo—Ladysmith byelection earlier this month.

Meanwhile, the latest Nanos Research poll suggests national support for Elizabeth May’s party has broken through 10 per cent — the highest level in 15 years — with one in three voters prepared to consider voting Green.

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By perseverance, the snail has reached the Ark. Many people would have given up on the Greens as a lost cause but May stuck it out and her party is now the political beneficiary of concerns in civil society about the rash of floods and forest fires across the country.

If an election were held tomorrow, it would likely see the Conservatives elect the most MPs — but it could see the Greens play an influential role in any coalition government.

May unveiled the Greens’ climate action plan Thursday, which makes an appropriate juncture to look at what the party would actually do were it able to wield influence in Ottawa.