Greenpac

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]


GreenPAC
Founded2014
FounderAaron Freeman[1]
TypeNon-profit[2]
FocusEnvironmentalism
Canadian politics
Location
Area served
Canada
Key people
Sabrina Bowman (Executive Director)[4]
Websitegreenpac.ca

Thus far, GreenPAC has run endorsement campaigns in the 2015 Canadian federal election; the 2016 Manitoba general election; the 2017 British Columbia general election; and the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2]

2015 federal election campaign

GreenPAC's inaugural 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:

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.[8]

The following 25 candidates were endorsed by GreenPAC in the 2019 federal election:

  • Will Amos, Liberal, Pontiac (QC)
  • Taylor Bachrach, NDP, Skeena —Bulkley Valley (B.C.)
  • Richard Cannings, NDP, South Okanagan —West Kootenay (B.C.)
  • Michael Chong, Conservative, Wellington —Halton Hills (ON)
  • François Choquette, NDP, Drummond (QC)
  • Terry Duguid, Liberal, Winnipeg South (MB)
  • Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North (ON)
  • Steve Dyck, Green, Guelph (ON)
  • Andy Fillmore, Liberal, Halifax (NS)
  • Joël Godin, Conservative, Portneuf —Jacques-Cartier (QC)
  • Steven Guilbeault, Liberal, Laurier —Sainte-Marie (QC)
  • Gord Johns, NDP, Courtenay —Alberni (B.C.)
  • Anna Keenan, Green, Malpeque (P.E.I)
  • Racelle Kooy, Green, Victoria (B.C.)
  • Darcie Lanthier, Green, Charlottetown (P.E.I.)
  • Larry Maguire, Conservative, Brandon —Souris (MB)
  • Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich —Gulf Islands (BC)
  • Dan Mazier, Conservative, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa (MB)
  • Catherine McKenna, Liberal, Ottawa Centre (ON)
  • Gord Miller, Green, Parry Sound—Muskoka (ON)
  • Joyce Murray, Liberal, Vancouver Quadra (B.C.)
  • Joan Phillip, NDP, Central Okanagan — Similkameen — Nicola (B.C.)
  • Jane Philpott, Independent, Markham —Stouffville (ON)
  • Wayne Stetski, NDP, Kootenay —Columbia (B.C.)
  • Rudy Turtle, NDP, Kenora (ON)


References
  1. "GreenPAC Board". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. "About GreenPAC". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. "Contact Us". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. "Staff". GreenPAC. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  5. "Local MP endorsed as environmental champion". GreenPAC. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. Lum Zi-Ann, "GreenPAC Endorses 18 Conservative, NDP, Liberal, Green Candidates". Huffington Post, 20 September 2015.
  7. "FAQs". GreenPAC website, accessed February 26, 2016
  8. Vigliotti, Marco (3 September 2019). "GreenPAC endorses 25 candidates for 2019 federal election, including four Conservatives". iPolitics. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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