Canada should assist other countries in encouraging voluntary family size reductions. Canada should limit immigration to genuine refugees and uniting families. Preventive Health Care Clean air, food and water are necessary for good heath. The Green Party would encourage people to adopt active lifestyles and eat lower on the food chain. Community Economic Development Transnational corporations tend to overexploit local resources and invest little in local communities.
Jobs migrate to where labour is cheapest and environmental standards are lowest.
After years of neglect the federal government should develop programs, services, and support to eliminate homelessness and poverty in Canada. Pedestrian Communities and Rail Trains concentrate development while cars encourage sprawl. Greens would revitalize the rail system for long-distance haulage and passenger travel. We envision gradually rebuilding all urban areas into pedestrian communities, interconnected by surface light rail, making the private automobile redundant. The Green Party would ban hand guns and assault weapons and require strict registration of long guns.