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The Communication Department of the Green Party regularly releases documents presenting the Party policy on current issues. The latest publications are archived here.

Vision Green

This document lays out a comprehensive blueprint for the kind of Canada we want in 2020 and how we get there from here. Read more >>

Arts and Culture - Policy Points for Vision Green

While the major contributions made by Arts and Culture to Canada’s economy are clearly quantifiable and beneficial, the Green Party of Canada recognizes that the qualitative impact of Arts and Culture to Canadian Society is priceless. At every level of our society, arts and cultural activities help define our identities individually and collectively and share them with the world.

Green Paper on Health Promotion

This Green Paper outlines the Green Party of Canada’s vision for what a health-promoting Canada can and should look like. Strong Green leadership combined with passionate participation from Canadians coast to coast will make this vision a reality.

Green Tax Shift

The Green Party’s vision for Canada includes a variety of measures designed to make taxation greener while at the same time help seniors, low-income Canadians and stay-at-home parents. The most significant policy innovation in the Green Party’s platform is to transform how taxes are collected in Canada through what is called a “Carbon Tax Shifting.”

Climate Change Plan

A New Energy Revolution to Avert Global Catastrophe – a comprehensive blueprint for a thriving low-carbon economy and a clean, green energy future that will reinstate Canada as a leader in the global campaign to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Policy Brief - P4M

A closer look at the Senlis Council’s proposed Poppy for Medicine projects in Afghanistan. The Poppy for Medicine (P4M) project is an integrated counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency initiative that aims to combat both Afghanistan’s illegal narcotics industry and the continuing insurgency.

Bill C-30: From Clean Air to Climate Change?

An article written by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May for the May edition of Policy Options magazine on the legislative process that modified Bill C-30, the Clean Air Act.

Continental Integration Under the SPP

The majority of Canadians are shocked when they learn that the federal government has announced a partnership deal with the US and Mexico that further integrates our military, security, trade, economic, regulatory and foreign policies.

GP2 Green Plan

The Green Party of Canada has called for a graduated carbon tax as part of a far-reaching package of ecological fiscal reforms to ensure that Canada meets its greenhouse gas emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

Report - Touquoy Gold Project

The Green Party of Canada's Central Nova association prepared a submission to the provincial Environmental Assessment Review Process in response to the Focus Report submitted by gold mine proponent DDV Gold Ltd. The company plans to construct an open pit gold mine on the Eastern Shore in the community of Moose River.