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The Green Party of Canada was founded at a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1983. Under its first leader, Dr. Trevor Hancock, the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election. The Green Party of Canada is independent of other green parties around the world but remains philosophically aligned with them.
The Green Party of Canada was founded at a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1983. Under its first leader, Trevor Hancock, the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 Canadian federal election. The Quebec wing hosted the 1990 Canadian Greens conference in Montreal.
- 1983; 40 years ago
- Young Greens of Canada
Jun 10, 2007 · Founded in 1983, and inspired by the success of sister parties in New Zealand and Germany, the Green Party of Canada set out to replace the traditional left-versus-right political debate in favour of a new emphasis on protecting the environment and conserving natural resources.
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The Green Party of Canada was founded at a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1983. 1970s. By the 1970s, British-born Trevor Hancock was living in Canada and "was looking for something that was proliferating across Europe but hadn't seemed to land yet in Canada: An ecological political party." [1] .
The Green Party of Canada was founded in 1983 at a conference at Ottawa’s Carleton University. It sought to focus politics on the environment and the need for sustainability. The party’s founder and first leader was Trevor Hancock, and the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election.
Origins: The Green Party of Canada was formed in the 1980s, in response to growing concerns about environmental degradation and the impact of human activity on the planet. The party's founders were primarily environmental activists, social justice advocates, and community organizers who were seeking to build a political movement that reflected ...
Feb 7, 2006 · Green Party. The Green Party of Canada was founded in 1983 to promote environmental concerns. The party ran small numbers of candidates with little voter support until 2004. Changes to Canada’s party finance laws meant that a party that earned two per cent of the vote nationally would receive public funding. Under leader Jim Harris, the ...
