Vision Green

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• Table of Contents
• About The Green Party of Canada and Vision Green
• Part 1: The Green Economy
  • Principles guiding the Green Economic Plan
    • Reducing waste: Improving our lives
    • Get the prices right
  • Applying these principles to economic decision-making
    • Reporting the well-being of the nation more accurately
    • Fair taxes – fiscal reform
    • Balanced budget – debt reduction
    • Removing corporate subsidies: distorting the market
    • Income trusts
    • Labour
    • Open source computer software
    • Small business loans and entrepreneurial incentives
    • Cooperatives
    • Railroads – re-establishing the national dream
    • Green urban transportation
    • Infrastructure and communities
    • Agriculture and food
    • Genetically engineered organisms
    • Fisheries
    • Green forest vision
    • Expanding eco-tourism
    • Mining
    • Energy industry: no to nuclear
• Part 2: Averting Climate Catastrophe
  • Making real reductions in CO2 emissions
  • Adapting to climate change
  • Leaving no stone unturned
    • Government
    • Buildings
    • Efficiency
    • Renewable energy
    • Transport
    • Communities
    • Industry
    • Forestry
    • Agriculture
    • Fossil fuels
    • Global
• Part 3: Preserving and Restoring The Environment
  • Air quality
  • Water protection and conservation
  • National parks
  • Species at risk
  • Toxic chemicals and health risks from radiation
  • Environmental science support: reverse the “brain drain” in federal science capacity
  • Zero waste
  • Commercial seal hunt
  • Commercial whale hunting
  • Animal welfare
  • Green Arctic strategy
  • Measuring and protecting Canada’s natural accounts
• Part 4: People
  • Family-focused program
  • Relief for the middle class
  • Child care
  • Seniors
  • A fair deal for youth
  • Healthier people – healthier health care
  • Health promotion
  • Ending the war on drugs
  • Rights, respect and dignity
    • Women’s equality
    • People with disabilities
    • Immigration and new Canadians
    • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered rights
    • Aboriginal policy
  • Protecting access to excellence in post-secondary education
  • Striving for justice
    • True justice; Real security
    • Reforming the Divorce Act
    • Cracking down on organized and white collar crime
    • Anti-terrorism and border security
    • Corporate accountability
    • Access to justice
    • Gun control and ownership rights
  • Eliminating poverty
  • Reforming the Employment Insurance System
  • Ending homelessness
  • Arts and culture: Beauty and integrity
  • Economic Rationale
• Part 5: The Planet Needs Canada (and Vice Versa)
  • Canada’s role as global leader in peace-building, poverty alleviation and environmental protection
  • Making poverty history
  • Stabilize global currencies: The Tobin Tax
  • Press for the elimination of all nuclear weapons
  • Reform the United Nations
  • Redesign Canada’s role in Afghanistan
  • Stopping the genocide in Darfur
  • Address the crisis of global population growth
  • Rebuild Canada’s traditional diplomatic muscle
  • The Israel – Palestine Conflict
  • Iran
  • Maintaining a healthy relationship with our closest neighbour
  • Latin and South American partnerships
  • Trade and sovereignty
  • A national energy security strategy
  • Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America
• Part 6: Good Government
  • Democratic renewal and proportional representation
  • Increasing government accountability and ethical conduct
  • Affirming the right to collective bargaining
  • Making government a leader in ethical purchasing
  • Allowing charitable societies to advocate for change
  • Supporting the free flow of information
  • Reducing concentration of ownership of the media
  • Ensuring Canadian ownership of vital resources and industries
  • Restoring public confidence in the RCMP
  • Rebuilding federal/provincial/territorial relations
  • Quebec’s place in Canada