Continuous Motion Development
Online proposal development for the Green Party of Canada
C24-P018 Reduce Canada's population growth to a moderate sustainable level
Policy Motion:
BE IT RESOLVED that Canada needs to reduce population growth to modest levels (i.e., cut permanent economic immigration, Temporary Foreign Workers & foreign students, after the numbers of refugees and family class immigrants have been determined).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Canada's population should only grow by the minimum or modest amount necessary to meet our demographic and economic needs (maximum 0.5% of population).
Submitter: Brian Graff
Bonser Results: Categorised as Yellow. Received 34.0% green votes, 21.5% yellow votes. This motion underwent a policy workshop, no amendments were proposed.
Sponsors: Colin Griffiths, Darcy Holden, Bill Henry, Ian Thomas Shaw, Brian Graff, Keith Falconer, Evan Bonnar, Heather Adams, Alec Adams, Mary Card, John DeMarco, Margaret Rogers, Jeff Christopherson, Bruce Gunn, Gilbert Vachon, Erik Schomann, Mr. Peter Scholefield, Michel Labonte, Simon Gnocchini-Messier, Ms. Celena Benndorf.
Note: This policy motion will be included in the Continuous Motion Development all-member vote. Click here to review the Workshop version which contains background information, member comments & amendment history.
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