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| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Aaron Freeman[1] |
| Type | Non-profit[2] |
| Focus | Environmentalism Canadian politics |
| Location | |
Area served | Canada |
Key people | Sabrina Bowman (Executive Director)[4] |
| Website | greenpac.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 Canadian federal elections of 2015, 2019, and 2021, and provincial elections including those of Manitoba in 2016, British Columbia in 2017, and Ontario in 2018 and 2022.[2]
2015 federal election campaign
GreenPAC's first 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:[8]
- William Amos, Liberal, Pontiac, QC: elected
- Richard Cannings, NDP, South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC: elected
- Jim Carr, Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB: elected
- Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- François Choquette, NDP, Drummond, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Nathan Cullen, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Karine Desjardins, Liberal, Beloeil—Chambly, QC: not elected
- Fin Donnelly, NDP, Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC: incumbent (previously MP for New Westminster—Coquitlam), re-elected
- Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Linda Duncan, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB: incumbent, re-elected
- Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South, MB: elected
- Bruce Hyer, Green, Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON: incumbent (previously NDP and independent), lost re-election bid
- Megan Leslie, NDP, Halifax, NS: incumbent, lost re-election bid
- Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Gord Miller, Green, Guelph, ON: not elected
- Joyce Murray, Liberal, Vancouver Quadra, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Romeo Saganash, NDP, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Dianne Watts, Conservative, South Surrey—White Rock, BC: elected
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.[9]
The following 25 candidates were endorsed by GreenPAC in the 2019 federal election:
- William Amos, Liberal, Pontiac, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Taylor Bachrach, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC: elected
- Richard Cannings, NDP, South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- François Choquette, NDP, Drummond, QC: incumbent, lost re-election bid
- Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Steve Dyck, Green, Guelph, ON: not elected
- Andy Fillmore, Liberal, Halifax, NS: incumbent, re-elected
- Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Steven Guilbeault, Liberal, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC: elected
- Gord Johns, NDP, Courtenay—Alberni, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Anna Keenan, Green, Malpeque, PEI: not elected
- Racelle Kooy, Green, Victoria, BC: not elected
- Darcie Lanthier, Green, Charlottetown, PEI: not elected
- Larry Maguire, Conservative, Brandon—Souris, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Dan Mazier, Conservative, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB: elected
- Catherine McKenna, Liberal, Ottawa Centre, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Gord Miller, Green, Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON: not elected
- Joyce Murray, Liberal, Vancouver Quadra, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Joan Phillip, NDP, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC: not elected
- Jane Philpott, Independent, Markham—Stouffville, ON: incumbent (previously Liberal), lost re-election bid
- Wayne Stetski, NDP, Kootenay—Columbia, BC: incumbent, lost re-election bid
- Rudy Turtle, NDP, Kenora, ON: not elected
2021 federal election campaign
During the 2021 Canadian federal election, GreenPAC endorsed 36 MP candidates from four national parties who were deemed to have strong environmental track records by a panel of Canadian environmental experts.[10]
- Marilou Alarie, BQ, Brome—Missisquoi, QC: not elected
- Dan Albas, Conservative, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Anjali Appadurai, NDP, Vancouver Granville, BC: not elected
- Taylor Bachrach, NDP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Terry Beech, Liberal, Burnaby North—Seymour, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Richard Cannings, NDP, South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington—Halton Hills, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Julie Dabrusin, Liberal, Toronto—Danforth, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Phil De Luna, Green, Toronto—St. Paul's, ON: not elected
- Tria Donaldson, NDP, Regina—Lewvan, SK: not elected
- Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Leah Gazan, NDP, Winnipeg Centre, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Karina Gould, Liberal, Burlington, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Matthew Green, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON: incumbent, re-elected
- Steven Guilbeault, Liberal, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Lori Idlout, NDP, Nunavut, NU: elected
- Gord Johns, NDP, Courtenay—Alberni, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Peter Julian, NDP, New Westminster—Burnaby, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Anna Keenan, Green, Malpeque, PEI: not elected
- Larry Maguire, Conservative, Brandon—Souris, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Paul Manly, Green, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC: incumbent, lost re-election bid
- Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Dan Mazier, Conservative, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB: incumbent, re-elected
- Susan McArthur, Conservative, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON: not elected
- Jesse McCormick, Liberal, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC: not elected
- Heather McPherson, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB: incumbent, re-elected
- Mike Morrice, Green, Kitchener Centre, ON: elected
- Joyce Murray, Liberal, Vancouver Quadra, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Mark Parent, Conservative, Kings—Hants, NS: not elected
- Monique Pauzé, BQ, Repentigny, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Peter Schiefke, Liberal, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Paul Taylor, NDP, Parkdale—High Park, ON: not elected
- Julie Vignola, BQ, Beauport—Limoilou, QC: incumbent, re-elected
- Jonathan Wilkinson, Liberal, North Vancouver, BC: incumbent, re-elected
- Lenore Zann, Liberal, Cumberland—Colchester, NS: incumbent, lost re-election bid
References
- ↑ "GreenPAC Board". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- 1 2 3 "About GreenPAC". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ↑ "Contact Us". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ↑ "Staff". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ↑ "Local MP endorsed as environmental champion". GreenPAC. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ↑ Lum Zi-Ann, "GreenPAC Endorses 18 Conservative, NDP, Liberal, Green Candidates". Huffington Post, 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "FAQs". GreenPAC website, accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ "Federal Election 2021 | GreenPAC". GP. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ↑ Vigliotti, Marco (3 September 2019). "GreenPAC endorses 25 candidates for 2019 federal election, including four Conservatives". iPolitics. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ↑ "Federal Election 2021 | GreenPAC". GP. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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