Elizabeth May (New Green Leader) says "Vote NDP"
So the greens have elected a new Leader
Elizabeth May
I know that everyone out there was paying a great deal of attention to this riviting leadership race and it is possible that Ms. May could be the next Prime Minister of Canada and......
Oh.
Wait.
Sorry, that's the start of my post for the results of the Liberal leadership convention.
My guess is, if you're like me, then you have never heard of Ms. May - so on the off-hand chance that you care:
Age: 52 (Born in US)
Occupation: Lawyer
Claim to Green Fame: Executive Director of Sierra Club of Canada
Now here is the kicker.
When she was the Executive Director of the Sierra Club - they gave the NDP higher marks than the Green Party.
Ah, the commericals write themselves
from the news release:"The party positions put the NDP and the Bloc at the head of the class with the NDP earning an A+ and the Bloc getting an A, tying with the Green Party. Paul Martin and the Liberal Party platform earned a B."
Woops!
4 comments:
Not last election. Greens did place 1st according to the Sierra scoring:
http://section15.blogspot.com/2006/01/greens-score-highest-in-sierra-club.html
And comparing the NDP's policy budget to the Greens really tells the tale as towhy we've had issueswith this. Also, the scoring system never took into account many aspects of green environmental policy, such as tax shifting.
That link doesn't display well. Here it is again:
http://tinyurl.com/pzkln
Sure they gave the Greens 97 and the NDP 91. For 6% from 1 organization you can throw your vote away. (Other environmental organizations still endorsed the NDP)
And if you want to ignore the past and just focus on the last election then look at the most recent election - Nova Scotia .
NDP leads pack on environment - Jun 8 2006
60 different organizations sent 14 questions on a variety of issues to each political party. A panel of experts graded the responses.
Brendan Halley, with the Ecology Action Centre, was most impressed with the NDP response on energy efficiency.
The network gave the Green party the second highest mark, saying the new party has good intentions.
Now that she's the leader of the Greens, she can move the party to be more environmentally based, so I don't see the argument holding any weight anymore anyway.
Also the Greens are stronger on issues where the NDP have proven they are just another mainstream party looking to continue feeding from the trough instead of enacting democratic changes so Canadians are better represented. And they don't have the baggage that comes with some NDP governments like the SK, and Ontario parties that are/were disasters.
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