{"id":25565,"date":"2019-10-01T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=25565"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:51","slug":"leading-national-environmental-organizations-release-responses-from-federal-parties-on-10-environmental-priority-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/25565\/leading-national-environmental-organizations-release-responses-from-federal-parties-on-10-environmental-priority-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading National Environmental Organizations Release Responses from Federal Parties on 10 Environmental Priority Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Canada\u2019s leading environmental organizations released the answers to a\u00a0Federal Party Survey on Environmental Platforms<\/a>\u00a0that address the climate change, biodiversity, toxics and waste crises harming our country. The survey was distributed to the six main political parties in July 2019 and responses were received from five of them: the Bloc Quebecois, Conservative Party of Canada, Green Party of Canada, Liberal Party of Canada and New Democratic Party. The People\u2019s Party of Canada did not respond.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0survey<\/a>\u00a0represents the collective priorities of the 14 environmental organizations and outlines required actions to address the environmental protection, economic justice and human rights issues facing Canadians. This non-partisan survey of the parties\u2019 positions on environmental issues was developed to help Canadians make informed voting decisions.<\/p>\n

Summary of Parties\u2019 responses (see summary chart\u00a0here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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  1. Bloc, Green, Liberal and NDP parties said that they would legislate a climate plan to reduce Canada\u2019s emissions in line with keeping warming below 1.5\u00b0C; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  2. Bloc, Green, Liberal and NDP parties said that their climate plan would describe programs to reduce emissions from transportation, buildings and the oil and gas sector; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  3. Green, Liberal and NDP parties answered that they will ensure workers and their families thrive during the transition to a low-carbon economy, by extending the Task Force on Just Transition to include all fossil fuel industries; Bloc\u2019s response was partial; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  4. Bloc, Green and NDP parties said they would ensure fossil fuel projects will not be approved unless they are consistent with limiting emissions in Canada to keep warming below the 1.5\u00b0C threshold; Liberals\u2019 response was partial; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  5. Green, Liberal and NDP parties answered that they will champion a connected and representative protected areas network of at least 30 per cent of land, freshwater and ocean by 2030; Bloc and Conservative parties did not<\/li>\n
  6. Bloc, Green, Liberal, and NDP parties said they would ensure Canada\u2019s federally protected lands, freshwater and oceans are managed to the highest international standards for ecological integrity; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  7. Bloc, Green, Liberal, and NDP parties said they would protect Canadians from pesticides, pollution and toxics in everyday products by modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and strengthening federal regulation of pesticides; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  8. Bloc, Green, Liberal, and NDP parties said they would work with other levels of government to implement a national strategy that includes a ban on the production, sale and distribution of the most problematic and unnecessary single-use plastics, and that works to create a circular economy focused on reuse; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  9. Bloc, Green, NDP parties said they would create a Federal Environmental Bill of Rights that formally recognizes the legal right to a healthy environment; Liberal\u2019s response was partial; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n
  10. Bloc, Green, NDP and Liberal parties said they would uphold the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the protection of Indigenous and treaty rights; Conservatives did not<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The survey represents the collective priorities of the following organizations:\u00a0Canadian Environmental Law Association, CPAWS, David Suzuki Foundation, Ecology Action Centre, Ecojustice, \u00c9quiterre, Environmental Defence, Greenpeace, Nature Canada, Pembina Institute, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, West Coast Environmental Law Association, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, WWF-Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

    The Federal Party Survey on Environmental Platforms can be found at\u00a0www.election2019envirosurvey.ca<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0www.election2019ecosondage.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

    -30-<\/p>\n

    For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    ENGLISH: Stephanie Kohls, Environmental Defence\u00a0skohls@environmentaldefence.ca<\/a>, 416-885-7847<\/p>\n

    FRENCH: Camille Gagn\u00e9-Raynauld, Equiterre,\u00a0cgraynauld@equiterre.org<\/a>, 514-605-2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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