Winnipeg Green Party
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The Winnipeg Green Party is a municipal political party in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 2006, and fielded six candidates in the 2006 municipal election, none of whom were elected. The party should not be confused with an earlier municipal Green Party, which was organized by social justice activist Nick Ternette for the 1989 municipal election.
As of 2006, the Winnipeg Greens are the only municipal party in Winnipeg.[1] The City of Winnipeg does not officially recognize political parties, and all six candidates appeared on the ballot without party affiliation. The party is not formally affiliated with the Green Party of Canada or the Green Party of Manitoba, although many of its members also belong to these parties.[2]
The Winnipeg Greens campaigned on a six-point platform in 2006. The party supported reinvestment in existing neighbourhoods, rather than the pursuit of developer-friendly policies in new urban extensions. It also called for improved public transit, greater accountability in public works, a ban on cosmetic pesticides, and the removal of Video Lottery Terminals from the city.[3] All six candidates opposed the OlyWest slaughterhouse planned for the St. Boniface/Transcona area.[4]
The party does not have an official leader, although former Green Party of Manitoba leader Markus Buchart has been its primary representative at public events. Elizabeth Fleming is the party's president.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Nick Ternette, Winnipeg Green Party brings slate politics back to civic elections, Uptown Magazine Online, 1 June 2006, accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ "New 'Green party' to run in Winnipeg civic election", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 8 September 2006, 5:57 report, accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ Winnipeg Green Party: Platform, Winnipeg Green Party, accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ All six Green Party candidates oppose OlyWest (press release), Winnipeg Green Party, 6 October 2006, accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ Elizabeth Fleming, Letter to the Editor, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 August 2006, A12.
