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- Proposal text
-BE IT RESOLVED that the GPC unequivocally condemns Russia's illegal destabilization, invasion, and-on-going occupation of Ukraine.-BE IT FURTHER REVOLVED that the GPC supports all reasonable means, including providing protective-weapons to Ukraine, to end Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory recognized by the 1991-Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- This policy proposal is designed to update previous Green Party policy with regards to the conflict
- between Ukraine and Russia. It is a proposal that will better reflect the reality of the situation
- since the illegal and unprovoked mass invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state in February 2022, in
- line with public statements by sitting Members of Parliament since that time.
- Furthermore this proposal brings the Green Party in line with the will of the democratically elected
- institutions of Ukraine, Canada’s international partners, and Ukrainians in general to pressure the
- Russian state to vacate all sovereign Ukrainian territory lost since 2014.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- G14-P062 Ukrainian - Russian Conflict
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- Elizabeth May, MP, calling for seizure of Russian oligarch's BC home:
- https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/elizabeth-may-calls-for-seizure-of-b-c-property-used-by-harry-and-meghan/
- Elizabeth May, MP, address to the House of Commons:
- https://elizabethmaymp.ca/elizabeth-may-responds-to-president-zelenskyys-address-to-the-canadian-parliament/
- Ukraine's stance on 1991 borders:
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-president-says-1991-borders-must-be-recognised-adviser-2022-03-17/
- Global Greens stand in solidarity with the people in Ukraine against the Russian war of aggression:
- https://globalgreens.org/gg_resolution/emergency-resolution-ecocide-in-the-kakhovka-region-global-greens-stand-in-undivided-solidarity-with-the-people-in-ukraine-against-the-russian-war-of-aggression/
- European Greens R14:
- https://europeangreens.eu/sites/europeangreens.eu/files/R14%20European%20Greens%20continue%20to%20stand%20in%20undivided%20solidarity%20with%20Ukraine_2.pdf
- Budapest Memorandum of 1994, where the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, and United States of
- America agreed to safeguard the sovereignty of several nations established borders at the time,
- including Ukraine (Page 169, Section 1):
- https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
Additions
- Proposal text
- +The GPC unequivocally condemns Russia's illegal destabilization, invasion, and on-going occupation
- +of Ukraine.
- +The GPC supports all reasonable means, including providing protective weapons to Ukraine, to end
- +Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory recognized by the 1991 Declaration of
- +Independence of Ukraine.
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- This policy proposal is designed to update previous Green Party policy with regards to the conflict
- between Ukraine and Russia. It is a proposal that will better reflect the reality of the situation
- since the illegal and unprovoked mass invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state in February 2022, in
- line with public statements by sitting Members of Parliament since that time.
- Furthermore this proposal brings the Green Party in line with the will of the democratically elected
- institutions of Ukraine, Canada’s international partners, and Ukrainians in general to pressure the
- Russian state to vacate all sovereign Ukrainian territory lost since 2014.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- G14-P062 Ukrainian - Russian Conflict
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- Elizabeth May, MP, calling for seizure of Russian oligarch's BC home:
- https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/elizabeth-may-calls-for-seizure-of-b-c-property-used-by-harry-and-meghan/
- Elizabeth May, MP, address to the House of Commons:
- https://elizabethmaymp.ca/elizabeth-may-responds-to-president-zelenskyys-address-to-the-canadian-parliament/
- Ukraine's stance on 1991 borders:
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-president-says-1991-borders-must-be-recognised-adviser-2022-03-17/
- Global Greens stand in solidarity with the people in Ukraine against the Russian war of aggression:
- https://globalgreens.org/gg_resolution/emergency-resolution-ecocide-in-the-kakhovka-region-global-greens-stand-in-undivided-solidarity-with-the-people-in-ukraine-against-the-russian-war-of-aggression/
- European Greens R14:
- https://europeangreens.eu/sites/europeangreens.eu/files/R14%20European%20Greens%20continue%20to%20stand%20in%20undivided%20solidarity%20with%20Ukraine_2.pdf
- Budapest Memorandum of 1994, where the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, and United States of
- America agreed to safeguard the sovereignty of several nations established borders at the time,
- including Ukraine (Page 169, Section 1):
- https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
