Quebec Green Party
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Green Party of Quebec
Parti vert du Québec |
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| Leader | Alex Tyrrell |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | 6575 Somerled Avenue, Suite 208, Montreal, Quebec |
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Green politics Social democracy Quebec federalism Ecosocialism |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
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The Green Party of Quebec (French: Parti vert du Québec; PVQ) is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not won any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. Its platform is orientated towards promotion of green values, sustainable development, and participatory democracy. The Party wants to differentiate itself from other political parties in Quebec by representing the left federalists of the province.
The Green Party of Quebec is a coalition of activists and citizens for whom environmental questions are a priority. They believe that the government should help in creating a green, just, democratic and equal society. Their main principles are inspired from the Global Greens Charter which revolves around six main ideas : ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, nonviolence, sustainability and respect for diversity.
It received 0.55% of the popular vote in the 2014 Quebec election. The current leader is Alex Tyrrell. Nominated as party leader on September 21, 2013 and then aged 25, he became the youngest party leader of Quebec and Canada.
A first version of the Green Party of Québec was founded in the 1980s and had candidates in the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Quebec general elections. The 1989 elections results were at the time the strongest showing for any Green Party in Canada. On average, candidates collected 5.55% of votes in contested seats. Although the party had a small budget, it attempted to run a province-wide campaign with organizers from Montreal, Québec City and Sherbrooke, as well as some relatively independent local campaigns in rural ridings. Many meetings were held at Le Commensal restaurant in Montréal, a strong supporter. Attempts were made to involve the various environmental groups, but most shied away from officially supporting the PVQ in order to maintain political neutrality and protect financial interests. In the party structure of 1989, sovereignty and economical neutrality were promoted rather than left-wing policies, under the slogan of "not left or right but forward". This caused some strife within the party, as many members were more left-leaning.
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