- Proposal text
- BE IT RESOLVED THAT the GPC recognizes nature as the equal birthright of all people. Therefore, the
- GPC will replace taxes on beneficial economic activity with taxes which compensate the public for
- occupation, use, and degradation of the public's natural resources (also known as rent capture),
- including land and ecosystems.
- Submitter: Frank de Jong
- 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/4194 ), which the submitter is still
- able to edit.
- Proposal text
- BE IT RESOLVED THAT the GPC recognizes nature as the equal birthright of all people. Therefore, the
- GPC will replace taxes on beneficial economic activity with taxes which compensate the public for
- occupation, use, and degradation of the public's natural resources (also known as rent capture),
- including land and ecosystems.
- Submitter: Frank de Jong
- +Sponsors: Mr. Erich Jacoby-Hawkins, Andrew Rose, Frank de Jong, Constantine Kritsonis, James M Ker,
- +Donna Mendelsohn, Tim Grant, Phillip Blaney, Evan Bonnar, Tyler Beaulac, Samuel Moisan-Domm, Bruce
- +Gunn, Farrukh Chishtie, Anna Keenan, Chad Walcott, Hannah Bell, Nicolas Levesque-LeBlanc, Conor
- +Hayes, Evelyn Tanaka, Ken Werk, Mr. Colin Griffiths, Richard Demontigny, John Weston, Stuart Hunter,
- +Shel Goldstein, David Lewis
- +
- 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/4194 ), which the submitter is still
- able to edit.