A sunflower is the emblem of the Green Party of Canada. After spending most of my life as a nonpartisan voter, voting always for the candidate who would best represent me, regardless of party, I became a member of the Green Party of Canada in 2015 when my husband was asked to be a candidate.
Working for his campaign, I learned enough about Green Party policy to not only remain a Green after the election, but to throw myself into working hard to help build the Green Party between elections.
Because the fact is, Canada is facing many problems, but instead of fixing them, the best Canadian governments manage is promises and the occasional bandaid. So problems get worse. We have too many problems to keep kicking them down the road for our kids and grandkids. Which is why kids are leading #FridaysForFuture.
The Green Party has answers, and most important, the political will to make those answers work. Green politicians aren’t career politicians, they are smart people who know things need to be fixed and are tired of waiting for the others to make it happen. Individual action is important, but we need the power of government to make systemic changes.
We can try to ignore politics, but politics impact on all of our lives. The time has come to get involved.
As we enter the 2nd wave of #COVID19, if Green Party policies resonate with you… policies like Guaranteed Livable Income (a #CERB for all where no one falls through the cracks), Universal Pharmacare, Healthcare, Post Secondary Education, a National Housing Strategy, and Climate Action built on science not propping up the fossil fuel industry, it’s time to start thinking green.
The Green Party of Canada just elected a brilliant capable leader. We need to help Annamie Paul take a seat in the House of Commons. And what better way to do that than help her win the Toronto Centre seat just vacated by scandal ridden Liberal Bill Morneau.
If you’re a Canadian it doesn’t matter where you live, you can donate and volunteer. The time has come to be daring.
