- Proposal text
- BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Canada fundamentally challenges the use of carbon offsets as
- federal policy unless it can be verified scientifically and audited on a case-by-case basis that
- additional and permanent GHG reductions are achieved that have not already been claimed by another
- entity and are not associated with significant social or environmental harms.
- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Party supports bringing the sale of all carbon offsets and credits
- nationwide under federal regulation and oversight.
- Submitter: Cardigan EDA
- Note from staff: This proposal has been posted for your consideration at the 2023 Annual General
- Meeting. The content of this proposal is fixed, however a draft version has also been posted in the
- Workshop to allow you to collaborate with the submitter on possible amendments and to review the
- rationale and background information of the proposal. You can access the workshop version of this
- proposal here ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4122 ), which the submitter is still
- able to edit.
- Proposal text
- BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Canada fundamentally challenges the use of carbon offsets as
- federal policy unless it can be verified scientifically and audited on a case-by-case basis that
- additional and permanent GHG reductions are achieved that have not already been claimed by another
- entity and are not associated with significant social or environmental harms.
- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Party supports bringing the sale of all carbon offsets and credits
- nationwide under federal regulation and oversight.
- Submitter: Cardigan EDA
- +Sponsors: Lisa Barrett, Jocelyn Gifford, Cate Root, Tyler Beaulac, Evelyn Tanaka
- +
- Note from staff: This proposal has been posted for your consideration at the 2023 Annual General
- Meeting. The content of this proposal is fixed, however a draft version has also been posted in the
- Workshop to allow you to collaborate with the submitter on possible amendments and to review the
- rationale and background information of the proposal. You can access the workshop version of this
- proposal here ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4122 ), which the submitter is still
- able to edit.