New Green Alliance
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The New Green Alliance is a left-wing Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
It was founded in 1998 by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right under Roy Romanow. Unlike many Green Parties in Canada, the NGA is decidedly left wing, favouring, for example, progressive taxation, workers' rights and the elimination of poverty. NGA supporters believe that the Green Party of Canada and Green Party of Ontario are essentially eco-capitalist parties because they favour regressive consumption taxes and oppose taxes on incomes and corporations. The NGA also opposes privatization of Crown corporations. As a Green party, they support ecological agriculture, balanced ecological forestry and forest use, and promote a soft energy path. The New Green Alliance is committed to peace and non violence, and in contrast to the Green Party of Canada, has taken a strong stance against the U.S. war in Iraq.
The NGA has run in Saskatchewan elections but has been unable to win any seats. In the 2003 election, the NGA nominated 27 candidates who received only 2,504 votes (about 0.5% of the vote), compared to 189,000 for the NDP. This was a decline from the 1999 election, when the party received 5% of the vote in the 16 ridings where it ran candidates.
See also
External links
- New Green Alliance (http://www.nga.sk.ca/)