The Green Party of Canada released today its Vision Green. The policy document lays out the plan for the kind of Canada we want in 2020 and how we get to that point. It is a breath of fresh air and provides visionary leadership, not for the next four year, but for the next forty years. Here are some of the solutions addressing the various issues it covers:
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Les verts ont contribué à l’atmosphère festive de la Parade de la fierté gaie ce dimanche dernier 26 août à Ottawa. Plusieurs candidats fédéraux (PVC) et provinciaux (PVO) étaient présents, incluant Frank De Jong (chef, PVO), Greg Laxton (Ottawa-Centre), Leonard Poole (Ottawa-Vanier), John Ogilve (Carleton-Mississipi-Mills) ainsi que Julien Lamarche (Ottawa-Vanier, PVC) et Quais Ghanem (Ottawa Sud). Jeanie E. Warnock, représentante de l’Est de l’Ontario sur le conseil du PVO, était aussi présente.
Here is an article, in french, making the link between working hours and sustainability. It has been consistently Green Party policy to either reduce full time work week to 35 hours (Platform 2006) or increase the number days of paid leave to 4 weeks (Convention 2006). I have yet to see which of the two it will be for the next election. See the Take Back Your Time campaign site as to why we should reduce our total number of hours of work.
From Wikipedia (reference not yet cited though):
There is also a growing body of research that correlates cancer incidence with the lower levels of melatonin produced in the body when people spend more time in bright-light conditions, as happens typically in the well-lit nighttime environments of the more developed countries. This effect is compounded in people who sleep fewer hours and in people who work at night, two groups that are known to have higher cancer rates.
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