As the oceans have risen, so have the Green Party's chances for greater representation in Ottawa
Elizabeth May, leader of Canada’s Green Party, is in an unfamiliar position as Oct. 21 national elections approach: in demand.
meeting and even exceeding its emission goals and addressing social issues. She says that a minority Parliament — one where parties are forced to form coalitions on every issue, and where members are more likely to collaborate across party lines — with a small-but-influential caucus of Green members could push the other parties to pass stronger climate legislation than the Trudeau government has, if they want to prevent the government from falling.
“The task [May] has is getting people to go from feeling good about her — liking the idea of a Green Party and agreeing with them on a lot of important issues — with converting that into an actual vote,” said David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, POLITICO’s Canadian polling partner. “And that has always been their Achilles heel.”Follow POLITICO reporters' latest analysis as Canadian leaders meet in the 2019 Federal Leaders’ Debate, starting tonight at 6:30 p.m.
Trudeau has fashioned himself a climate champion as American influence on the issue has evaporated, and his embrace of a carbon tax may ultimately shield him on the issue. Nationally, his Liberals are campaigning on climate policy by juxtaposing their record over the past four years with that of the Conservatives, obliquely equating the right-leaning party with President Donald Trump by claiming they want to “make pollution free again.
Besides selling voters on a climate plan billed as superior to the Liberal or NDP offerings, the Green Party also faces a tall order in convincing them that a vote for the Greens is, in Manly’s words, “viable.” during Monday's English-language debate in Ottawa. May, Trudeau, Scheer, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh, People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet will face off for two hours to make their cases to Canadians.
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