Be it resolved that the Green Party of Saskatchewan remove the following policy resolutions for being outdated:
1. 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.
(This piece of policy is out of date as the minimum wage has already exceeded 7$/hr.)
2. 2004.1 Children’s right to equal shared parenting
Be it resolved, that the Green Party of Saskatchewan adopt a publicly displayed platform position at the Annual General Meeting Conference of 2004 which fully endorses the establishment of legislation which provides for both children and parents by ensuring that children have the right, through Equal Shared Parenting legislation, to be parented by both parents on a fully equal basis, and by ensuring that both parents have the right, through legislation, to parent their own children on a fully equal basis unless agreed upon in writing by both parents.
1.) Be it further resolved, that this position be fully adopted and publicly presented in the Green Party of Saskatchewan election platform for the next Saskatchewan provincial election; And be it further resolved, that should the Green party of Saskatchewan form government after the next provincial election, that this position be fully supported and that such legislation be passed within the first year of forming government.
(This piece of policy orders the party to establish a display table in 2004, the policy is now 5 years old.)
3.) 1999.8 Oil
The Green party of Saskatchewan resolves that the province should fully support the minimal requirements set out by international treaty at Kyoto. We propose:
- The the province re-commit itself to developing renewable energy resources. This would include re-funding the wind power demonstration project cancelled by SaskPower, re-funding the Saskatchewan Energy Development and Conservation Authority disbanded by the NDP government, and implementing key recommendations from the 1991 Saskatchewan Energy Options commission in the area of demand side management.
- That the province spend money on researching and developing alternatives to the automobile for mass public transport, especially if the Saskatchewan Motor Vehicle Dealers Association is unable to cut motor vehicle deaths and injuries by 25% by the year 2000.
- That the NDP provincial government end its subsidies to the oil industry, especially to oil mega-projects.
(There is no more NDP provincial government.)
(This policy pre-dates the millennium, it has been brought forth by our Green ancestors from the days of yawnder.)
The NDP govt may be gone, but
The NDP govt may be gone, but GPS support for the Kyoto agreement is still current and important . Also fighting poverty is still important,the Saskatoon food bank has seen an 40% increase in use from a year ago. Rent costs have gone from 300-400 a month to over $1000 a month. Low income workers kave not had a wage increase to match inflation.
Yes, the issues remain, but
Yes, the issues remain, but the wording is obsolete. We do have to do something about obsolete wording if we want to have any credibility. At some point, hopefully there can be policy forums in all these areas which will propose current, integrated policy updates. In the mean time, anyone can propose revisions to the policies Tory mentions, (and any others), to bring them up to date. It would be up to Convention to decide whether to consider and/or adopt such proposed revisions, or whether to defer them until next year's deliberations.