Without holding a formal platform launch featuring party leader Annamie Paul, the Green Party of Canada has quietly released a series of largely uncosted promises for the 2021 election campaign. The platform proposes a new slate of social programs, such as universal pharmacare, dental care, an affordable child care plan and free university on top of the cancellation of all student debt. Part of the way to get there, the platform states, is to increase the price on carbon. The platform also calls for the phasing out of existing oil and gas operations and would require the Canada Pension Plan to get rid of all fossil fuel investments. Carbon border adjustments and other promisesThe platform makes a series of other proposals, including to:

Source: CBC News September 07, 2021 19:53 UTC