Green Party

The Green Party is led by leader Elizabeth May. At its core, the Green Party believes in an absolute focus on environmental issues. They focus on reducing and eliminating fossil fuels, creating green technology, increasing our social safety net. Here is what the Green Party believes when it comes to the Economy, Security and Foreign Policy, Civic Rights, Environment and Energy, and Young People's Issues.

Economy

• Put a price on Carbon and charge polluters based on the amount they pollute
• Create a guaranteed income of $20,000
• Increase corporate taxes and tax polluters heavily to support more social programs (They aren't clear in the specifics, but they want to raise revenue by charging polluters)

International Security

• Want to repeal bill C-51(will be discussed in post on bill C-51) 
• Want to end all military involvement against ISIS and reduce our defense budget that goes to private contractors by 30%
• Increase funding and focus on humanitarian causes and disaster assistance

Civic Rights

• Create a civilian watchdog over the RCMP
• Create a national Pharmacare program for prescription drugs
• Move the homeless to permanent homes

Environment and Energy

• Drastically cut environmental emissions by taxing carbon and punishing polluters
• Oppose all pipeline developments
• Retrofit all of Canada's buildings into high energy efficiency

Young People's Issues

• Create new Undergraduate research fellowships for innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
• Want to Ban unpaid internships
• Develop a new Youth Community and Environment Service Corps that would pay minimum wage to young people and provide a tuition credit. 

Kev's summary: In the last debate, Elizabeth May helped to establish that the Green Party is not a one-issue party. They have created multiple interesting policies for young people such as new scholarships, the proposed Youth Community and Environment Service Corps [Read: May's Minions]. The biggest concern for voters is the heavy restrictions on the energy industry, and the huge amount of spending could lead to big taxes and a loss of too many jobs. That said, the Green Party represents a valid alternative for students who value the environment above all else.



Sources for party policies and platforms:
votecompass.cbc.ca
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-parties-platforms
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections/
www.conservative.ca
www.Liberal.ca
www.NDP.ca
www.greenparty.ca