Green Party of Manitoba Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Green Party of Manitoba is a provincial political organization in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. It is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, although it is also affiliated with the Green Party of Canada in Manitoba, a federal organization established in 1996. The GPM was the most successful of Manitoba's "smaller parties" in the provincial elections of 1999 and 2003.The GPM's policies are generally progressive. The party is primarily focused on environmental issues, and promotes the conservation of land and non-renewable natural resources. Along these lines, it has expressed concern about the ongoing "urban sprawl" in Winnipeg's suburbs. It has also called for a reform of standards in Manitoba's commercial hog sector, and generally supports smaller over larger farm interests.
The GPM also favours liberal positions on social issues (including abortion and same-sex marriage) and promotes accessible public health care, placing greater emphasis on healthier lifestyles and the prevention of illness. The party is not primarily focused on labour issues, but supports the extension of labour protection laws to farm workers and the reduction of Manitoba's standard work week from 40 to 32 hours. It has also endorsed full employment, and has criticized the decision of Gary Doer's New Democratic Party government not to reverse welfare cutbacks enacted by the previous Gary Filmon government.
It is not clear what position the GPM holds on tax reform. At the federal level and in some other provinces, the Green Party favours the elimination of progressive income taxes in favour of taxes on personal consumption (a position generally regarded as right-wing).
The GPM ran six candidates in the provincial election of 1999. The party scored its best result in the Winnipeg riding of Wolseley, where Phyllis Abbe received 386 votes. Party leader Markus Buchart ran against Premier Gary Filmon in the riding of Tuxedo, and received 126 votes. The party received 0.2% of all votes cast in the province.
In 2003, the GPM ran fourteen candidates. Buchart received an impressive 1193 votes (19.2%) in Wolseley, placing second against New Democrat Rob Altemeyer. The GPM as a whole received 4.08% of the vote in the ridings that it contested.
The GPM has recently opposed the Doer government's plans to create a new Winnipeg suburb in Waverley West.
See also: Canadian political parties
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