Preface

Canadian Civil society organizations are rallying behind efforts to create our own version of the Green New Deal expounded by U.S. Democrats. They are calling it The Pact for a Green New Deal. Canadian Greens applaud their commitment and enthusiasm and wholeheartedly endorse their demands for decisive action on the climate emergency, mainly because we have been describing and promoting this exact thing sometime past forever.

The Green New Deal has created a moment. Now we must seize this moment in common cause with civil society in Canada and the large number of NGOs challenging political parties to set out a Canadian Green New Deal. We must respond and support the youth from over 50 countries who have developed the People’s Platform.

Today, we launch Mission: Possible – the Green Climate Action Plan.

From Vision Green to Mission: Possible

The Green Party of Canada foundational policy book, Vision Green, sets out our vision for Canada rooted in six core values:

Social Justice

Ecological Wisdom

Respect for Diversity

Grassroots Democracy

Peace and non-Violence

Sustainability

Distilling that foundation to a clear call to action, we release Mission: Possible - The Green Climate Action Plan

We commit to all Canadians that our 2019 election platform will meet and exceed the Green New Deal (U.S.) and The Pact for a Green New Deal (Canada). We call on our Canadian allies to adopt similar targets.

We pledge that even with these ambitious measures, our detailed platform will be fully costed and will be more fiscally responsible than that of the other parties. We will, in the coming weeks, submit our entire platform and budget to the Parliamentary Budget Office for independent review and verification.