The Green Party of Saskatchewan believes that a sustainable economy and society can only be built on a sustainable environment

Policy statements that address this founding principle:

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Saskatchewan needs an energy policy that protects environment and creates sustainable jobs
WE SAY YES
The NDP is giving away Saskatchewan’s resource revenue to large multi-national oil companies
WE SAY NO
Saskatchewan and the world need an increase in solar and wind power generation
WE SAY YES
SaskPower and the NDP are spending 80 million dollars to sustain the life of dirty coal power generation
WE SAY NO
Saskatchewan needs to spend money on energy conservation and the creation of a renewable energy technology.
WE SAY YES
SaskPower discourages small-scale power production units feeding into the provincial grid
WE SAY NO
Saskatchewan needs an increase in taxes on products that pollute the environment and a reduction of taxes on environmentally-friendly alternatives.
WE SAY YES
The present NDP government supports environmentally damaging mega-livestock factories which reduce the viability of small-scale family farm livestock production
WE SAY NO
Saskatchewan’s forest resources are effectively being given away to large multinational corporations, such as Weyerhaeuser, which export our forest resources, value-added jobs, and profits to foreign corporations.
WE SAY NO
Saskatchewan’s forest industries should support local economies, be environmentally sustainable and fall under effective international forest certification rules.
WE SAY YES
Corporations, supported by governments, claim ownership on genetic information and contaminate natural species and crops with no accountability.
WE SAY NO
Many people around the world oppose corporate claims to ownership of life or genetic information
WE SAY YES
An effective health system requires that healthy air, water and food is available to all Saskatchewan citizens.
WE SAY YES
Saskatchewan’s uranium industry continues to contaminate the northern Saskatchewan landscape, seeks to make Saskatchewan a global nuclear waste fuel dumping site and contributes to global radiation contamination dangers
WE SAY NO
Water is a common heritage of human kind, is a fundamental human and social right, and is essential for the security of our communities and society, and its ownership, control, delivery and management belong in the public domain.
WE SAY YES