{"id":586,"date":"2022-03-23T20:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T00:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/article\/statement-on-liberal-ndp-supply-and-confidence-agreement\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T01:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:26:50","slug":"statement-on-liberal-ndp-supply-and-confidence-agreement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/statement-on-liberal-ndp-supply-and-confidence-agreement","title":{"rendered":"Statement on Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA – The interim Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Amita Kuttner, today issued the following statement:<\/p>

“To the extent that it signals a willingness for political parties to put aside partisan bickering and work together to achieve important policy objectives, the supply-and-confidence agreement announced yesterday by the Liberal Party and the NDP is a welcome development.<\/p>

“The major disappointment is the absence of ambition. With the exception of a solid plan to provide dental care to low income Canadians, there is little here to inspire confidence that this arrangement will supply the transformational change we need.<\/p>

“We see so much hedging language – the parties will ‘move forward’ and ‘work towards’ several things but they will not commit to delivery. When will legislation be tabled? What is the target for implementation?<\/p>

“And where are the important missing pieces: serious emissions targets and real action to meet our commitments under the Paris agreement; a commitment to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; finally getting rid of our antiquated and undemocratic first-past-the-post electoral system; replacing the patchwork of social supports with a Guaranteed Livable Income.<\/p>

“Given three years of relative stability covering four federal budgets, this agreement could have set the course for a post-pandemic transformation to a greener and more just society. Instead we get more incrementalism. <\/p>

“We applaud the spirit of collaboration but the goals could have been so much more impressive. This is very disappointing.”<\/p>

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For more information or to arrange an interview:
John Chenery
media@greenparty.ca<\/a>
1-613-562-4916 ext. 215<\/p>

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