Parti durable du Québec

Sustainable Development Party Parti durable du Québec
Leader	Sebastien Girard
Founded	2008 (2008)
Dissolved	2009 (2009)
Headquarters	1114, rue Anne-Hébert Saint-Félicien (Québec) G8K 1H1
Ideology	regionalism, centrism, sustainable development
Website
www.partidurable.org
Politics of Quebec Political parties Elections

The Parti durable du Québec (English: Sustainable Development Party) is a political party in Quebec that advocates for regionalism, centrism, and sustainable development.^[1]

According to Quebecpolitique.com,^[2] the party "was founded in 2008. Its mission is to "defend the interests of the regional population" of (the) Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean" region.^[3]

Election 2008[]

In the 2008 election, party leader Sebastien Girard ran as the party's only candidate in the provincial riding of Roberval. He finished in fifth place with 571 votes (2.1%), tying with the candidate for Québec Solidaire.

Dissolution[]

In February 2010, Quebec's Chief Electoral Officer released a statement saying that the party had lost its official status as an authorised political party as of November 2009.^[4]

Platform[]

On the party website, Girard laid out the party's platform:^[5]

• La Charte du Bois (The Timber Charter):
  • Due to the crisis in the forestry sector in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the party suggests that a Timber Charter be introduced in the National Assembly. This charter would contain two different agendas:
    • 1. Wood products would be labelled, so that they can be traced, advocating local consumption of wood with a local origin.
    • 2. More use of Quebec wood in the construction of public buildings in Quebec.
• Entrepreneurship and Youth Migration
  • To combat migration and brain drain from the Saguenay region, the party promised:
    • A work-entrepreneurship program, in which entrepreneurs would spend part of the time working and the other part developing their idea or business plan.
    • A student-entrepreneurship program, which would give youth resources for their entrepreneurial ideas.
    • A regional mentoring program, to help foster the two above programs.
• Energy policy
  • Investment in renewable energy sources, more specifically ethanol, biodiesel and methane
  • An energy cooperative for the Saugenay region.
• Education
  • More investment in alternative forms of education.
  • More assessment of students and more resources for teachers
• Food
  • The development of a "Charter of Agricultural Soils"
  • Developing a visibility program for regional products
• Sustainable tourism
  • Investment in a sustainable tourist sector in the Saugenay region
    • Opening Internet access to all citizens in the region, opening tourist-based businesses to the world
    • Developing a tourist cooperative for the Saugenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
    • Invest in a circuit of hostels
    • Establishing festivals and activities for the Lac-Saint-Jean region.
    • Making tourist information available in different languages
    • Establishing a rail tour of the area
• First Nations
  • Collaboration with the local Innu community to establish a research centre.
  • Promoting the education of Native Spirituality on reserves and encouraging discussion in public schools
  • Establishing an ethnotourist market in the region.
• Sustainable environment
  • Regulate the burning of wood
  • Accelerate development of electric vehicles
  • Nationalize Quebec water
• Health
  • Recognize and regulate alternative medicines
  • Give more power to graduate nurses
  • Relax admission to those looking at medical school

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