I could be wrong about this (a lot of this is from memory)... But the green party:
- wants to ban handguns
- Is pro union
- wants to increase corporate taxes
- Wants to reduce military spending
Granted, their economic and foreign policies often get overlooked because of the party's focus on the environment (which itself would be considered fairly left wing.)
We have made a lot of progress in cleaning up some of our bad environmental habits since the '70's. Remember the 'air pollution' environmentalists back then who finally got governments and business on board? Where I sit right now used to be brown smog. It isn't anymore. Would you like to go back there?
Environmentalists are not anti-business. We know we need business for jobs, a good economy, comfortable lives.
We are simply opposed to businesses that damage the environment and the ecosystems that sustain human life.If we are draining every last resource and damaging and destroying the environment and human lives, that is not sustainable business, not a sustainable economy, not a sustainable society.
Environmental issues are mainstream now. All Parties mouthe the words. Liberals and Conservatives just don't do much about it because their Party funding depends on the 'status quo' business communities. (Eg, SNC-Lavalin, Oil industry, etc)
Not good enough.
Environmentally destructive businesses just are not good enough anymore.Nor are those that mistreat, underpay and undervalue employees while hardass CEO's get richer and richer every year, nor those that bribe public officials.
We need entrepreneurs and businesses with a better approach, developing businesses for the future that are sustainable economically, environmentally and in terms of their humanity toward employees and social responsibility to their communities.
Now who could ever really disagree with that very balanced, very Canadian
ideal?
Greens are pro-business, supporting good businesses that are innovative and sustainable, that provide good jobs and a healthy future for the generations to come.
The Greens are the only Party that actually has a focus on that and planning towards that.
Greens are not 'left' or 'right'.
They are not ideologically based, but reality based.
They are the most balanced 'centrist' Party we have.