The Green Party of Canada is on the front cover of Canadian politics at the moment. Can the party accomplish enough votes to make a political affect and effect in the field of Canadian politics?
The new party leader, Annamie Paul, appears to be a person who is focused on the direction the Green Party is going. The policies of the party are nothing new as many of these policies have been put before Canadians and are no big deal any more.
What I would be more interested in seeing are the policies that the party will be creating now that they have a leader who is so focused and articulate. Ms. Paul appears to be very much aware of the needs of Canada and we as Canadians need to be aware of the new directions that the country may have to take.
Canada is at a point where the voters will have to decide where the country needs to go. To be sure, there will be division as Alberta and Saskatchewan will be greatly effected by the policies of the Green party which has as one of its policies to shut down the extraction of fossil fuels in those provinces. Ms. Paul will have to find a way to bridge the political gulf that will be created.
Many of the Green party policies would see a lot of changes to the social structure of the country. Will Canadians be willing to move in the direction the Greens want to take the country? Will the western provinces feel isolated? Will the eastern provinces see more involvement in Canadian politics? The biggest question will be "Can the country pay for all of the social programs that the Green's wish to bring into existence?" All these policies have to be paid for and with the present debt of 1 trillion dollars under the liberals, will Canadians see themselves paying more for these social services and be willing to see less and less of their pay cheques available to them. The money has to be found somewhere and that will be the biggest challenge the Greens will have besides keeping the country together.
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