GPS Convention
1998 Approved Policies
1998.1. Greenhouse gases
Resolved that the Green
Party of Saskatchewan support immediate action to reduce and limit the
release
of greenhouse gases
in Saskatchewan.
Resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support and extensive energy conservation
program and the creation and implementation of alternative methods of energy
production.
1998.2. Marijuana
Resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewand work with our allies and supporters
to decriminalize marijuana usage in our society.
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan supports all initiatives
to bring bout the use of industrial hemp in Canada.
1998.3. Clearcut logging
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan oppose clearcut logging.
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan work to preserve
the Dore Smoothstone area.
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan work to create jobs
for the unemployed forestry workers and others in the commercial forest
region of Saskatchewan through the development of value-added businesses.
1998.4. Capitalism
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan oppose the current capitalistic
system and paradigm which exploits workers, and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support alternative
economic systems that benefit all humanity and explore the potential option
of worker-owned industries and businesses as one possible solution to the
present economic dilemma.
1998.5. Just transition policy
Be it resolved that the
Green Party of Saskatchewan support the concept of just transition for
all workers
currently working in unsound industries and
publicly discuss the concept of just transition as a way of taking workers
into the new sustainable economy.
1998.6. Labour legislation
Be it resolved that the
Green Party of Saskatchewan work with our labour allies to implement legislation
pertaining to anti-scab provisions, pay equity
and most available hours.
1998.7. Labour rights
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan include promote the rights
of workers including those under the conventions of the International Labour
Organization, which are the common rights of all workers, and
Be it further resolved that the New Green allaince help to educate
all Saskatchewan workers about their current rights.
1998.8. Farm policy and rural development
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support family farms, kco-op
farms, producer co-operatives, and producer-controlled marketing boards;
and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan will actively
support legislation such as exists in Nebraska and other U.S. states
which ban
corporate farming; and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan will actively
support ecological, sustainable and organic agriculture and the creation
of an
alternative food processing and distribution system.
1998.9. Post secondary education
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan endorse and work toward a
publicly-funded universally-accessible system of post-secondary education
in the country, and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan establish
a zero-tuition fee policy for post-secondary education similar to that
which exists in
Mexico.
1998.10. Corporations and schools
Be it resolved that the
Green Party of Saskatchewan oppose any corporate involvement in Canada's
elementary
and secondary schools.
1998.11. Anti-poverty measures
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support raising social assistance
rates by twenty-five percent toward meeting basic needs; and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support raising
the minimum wage to seven dollars an hour and index the minimum wage to
the cost of living.
1998.12. Free trade agreements
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan steadfastly oppose the Multilateral
Agreement on Investment and work with their allies to stop or undo similar
trade and investment agreements, including the North American Free Trade
Agreement, that puts profits of transnational corporations above the interests
of the people.
1998.13. Labour standards
Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan promote the implementation
of a 32 hour week, with no cut in pay, to reduce unemployment and provide
more leisure time for the overworked, and
Bit it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan support the placing
of firm restrictions on the use of overtime, including the right for workers
to refuse overtime work after 32 hours, and time off in lieu of overtime
pay, and
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan also support the
extension of pro-rated benefits to all part-time workers in the province.
1998.14. Health care
Be it resolved that the
Green Party of Saskatchewan support a re-investment of public funds into
the
health care system to ensure that the five basic
principles of the Canada Health Act -- universality, comprehensiveness,
accessibility, portability and public administration -- are firmly upheld.
1998.15. Community health centres
Be it resolved that the
Green Party of Saskatchewan encourage as a model of primary service delivery,
the expansion of community health centres that employ
a salaried team of multi-disciplinary providers and are community-controlled.