2020- 2022 Policy Process | Green Party of Canada
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G21-E012 Provide a Leadership Contract in consultation with an employment contract lawyer and ratified by the general membership*
* VGM-2 Amended Version
Ratification Vote Results: Adopted
Result of VGM vote
96% of members present RECOMMENDED the adoption of the proposal.
Submitter Name
Sheila Rea
Proposal Type
Emergency Motion, Directive
Proposal
This is the amended proposal adopted by GPC membership at the VGM-2.
The GPC will supply a Leadership contract to be presented to, and accepted by, leadership contestants with the application materials to run in a Leadership contest.
- The Leadership contract will be drafted in consultation with a licensed lawyer who specializes in employment contracts;
- The contract will clearly define the responsibilities, expectations, and salary plus benefits, that are considered in scope of the role of the Leader;
- Any amendments outside of scope as defined in the contract, by a Leader upon being elected, must be done in consultation with an employment contract lawyer;
- The Leadership contract will be considered a public document available to be viewed by a request to the GPC Fund.
Evidence
This emergency motions meets the following requirements:
An Emergency Motion is defined as a proposal which deals with a new political issue which has emerged after the GPC policy proposal submission deadline and for which there is no applicable GPC policy principle.
- The GPC has not had a Leadership contract approved by the general membership, the result of which has proven to be disadvantageous to the overall wellness of the GPC
- The GPC has not had in place a system that allows for greater transparency on Leadership contracts which affects the party and its members directly.
The GPC will not accept a proposal as “emergency” if the issue is not new and emerging and time sensitive.
- This policy motion is time sensitive as it would be to the GPC’s benefit to have a contract in place and ratified by the membership before the next Leadership contest which will be occurring within the next six months.
Benefit
Social Justice
We assert that the key to social justice is the equitable distribution of resources to ensure that all have full opportunities for personal and social development.
- A leadership contract will help to secure and enhance the social justice afforded to the party and its members through having a Leadership contract that is considered just and equitable by the party and its membership.
Participatory Democracy
We strive for a democracy in which all citizens have the right to express their views and are able to directly participate in decisions which affect their lives.
- The addition of having the Leadership contract approved by the general membership through a consensus vote, including any amendments, enhances the system of participatory democracy where it becomes the responsibility of the collective to ensure a just and equitable Leadership employment contract is favorable to all parties involved.
Green Value(s)
Participatory Democracy, Social Justice.
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Conversation with Shel Goldstein
"...contract to be presented to leadership candidates upon their approval to run in a Leadership contest."
Does it not make more sense for the contract to be presented to all potential candidates BEFORE they decide whether or not to apply to run ? The details of our Leadership contract may not be adequate / acceptable for someone; why make them waste their valuable time applying ?
Furthermore, IF this proposal passes, THEN the "ratification" of the contract is an option for all members to vote upon, and, AS only Members are allowed to run,,,, THEREFORE, would not all potential contestants likely have already read the contract ? or have the opportunity to view it (if they did not personally participate in its ratification).
I think more important would be:
as part of the Application to Run for Leadership procedural paperwork, each Contestant must sign-off on a willingness to accept our GPC Contract if they win the Leadership race. Anyone not pre-signed-off to accept the contract upon winning, ought to be denied opportunity to run.
Hi Shell, good point.
My initial thought was not to have salary being an influential motive to run or not. I was thinking in this way we would ensure candidates are driven by the GPC values and policies, true Greens, first and foremost. After acceptance, the employment contract would weed out those who put their financial interests above the needs and abilities of the party. They could then withdraw from the race.
With that said, you are correct. Once ratified, the contract is available for any member to view, and so would not be information undisclosed to any potential candidate.
Therefore, I agree to this friendly amendment, to include the contract with the application paperwork. Candidates would be aware if they want to change it, changes would be made in consultation with the GPC lawyer and then would be put forward to members to approve, or not.
Thank you for this valuable input!
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