Greenpac

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GreenPAC
GreenPAC Logo.jpg
Founded2014
FounderAaron Freeman[1]
TypeNon-profit[2]
FocusEnvironmentalism
Canadian politics
Location
Area served
Canada
Key people
Sabrina Bowman (Executive Director)[4]
Websitegreenpac.ca

GreenPAC is a Canadian non-profit environmental organization,[2] founded in 2014. Its goal is to help recruit, elect, and support environmental leadership in Canadian politics, across the political spectrum.[5]

Thus far, GreenPAC has run endorsement campaigns in the 2015 Canadian federal election; the 2016 Manitoba general election; the 2017 British Columbia general election; and the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2]

2015 federal election campaign[]

GreenPAC's inaugural campaign was during the 2015 Canadian federal election, in which they endorsed 18 MP candidates from four national parties who were deemed to have strong environmental track records by a panel of Canadian environmental experts.[6] Only candidates considered to be in winnable situations were endorsed.[7] GreenPAC encouraged Canadians to support these endorsed candidates' campaigns through donations or by volunteering.

The following 18 candidates were endorsed by GreenPAC in the 2015 federal election:

2019 federal election campaign[]

During the 2019 Canadian federal election GreenPAC endorsed 25 MP candidates from four national parties and one independent candidate who were deemed to have strong environmental track records by a panel of Canadian environmental experts. GreenPAC encouraged Canadians to support these endorsed candidates' campaigns through donations or by volunteering.[8]

The following 25 candidates were endorsed by GreenPAC in the 2019 federal election:

  • Will Amos, Liberal, Pontiac (QC)
  • Taylor Bachrach, NDP, Skeena —Bulkley Valley (B.C.)
  • Richard Cannings, NDP, South Okanagan —West Kootenay (B.C.)
  • Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington —Halton Hills (ON)
  • François Choquette, NDP, Drummond (QC)
  • Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South (MB)
  • Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North (ON)
  • Steve Dyck, Green, Guelph (ON)
  • Andy Fillmore, Liberal, Halifax (NS)
  • Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf —Jacques-Cartier (QC)
  • Steven Guilbeault, Liberal, Laurier —Sainte-Marie (QC)
  • Gord Johns, NDP, Courtenay —Alberni (B.C.)
  • Anna Keenan, Green, Malpeque (P.E.I)
  • Racelle Kooy, Green, Victoria (B.C.)
  • Darcie Lanthier, Green, Charlottetown (P.E.I.)
  • Larry Maguire, Conservative, Brandon —Souris (MB)
  • Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich —Gulf Islands (BC)
  • Dan Mazier, Conservative, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa (MB)
  • Catherine McKenna, Liberal, Ottawa Centre (ON)
  • Gord Miller, Green, Parry Sound—Muskoka (ON)
  • Joyce Murray, Liberal, Vancouver Quadra (B.C.)
  • Joan Phillip, NDP, Central Okanagan — Similkameen — Nicola (B.C.)
  • Jane Philpott, Independent, Markham —Stouffville (ON)
  • Wayne Stetski, NDP, Kootenay —Columbia (B.C.)
  • Rudy Turtle, NDP, Kenora (ON)

References[]

  1. ^ "GreenPAC Board". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ a b c "About GreenPAC". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. ^ "Staff". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. ^ "Local MP endorsed as environmental champion". GreenPAC. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. ^ Lum Zi-Ann, "GreenPAC Endorses 18 Conservative, NDP, Liberal, Green Candidates". Huffington Post, 20 September 2015.
  7. ^ "FAQs". GreenPAC website, accessed February 26, 2016
  8. ^ Vigliotti, Marco (3 September 2019). "GreenPAC endorses 25 candidates for 2019 federal election, including four Conservatives". iPolitics. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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