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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
This proposal has been accepted because:
This policy was amended at the 19th GM to:
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 to end Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory recognized by the 1991 Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.
This amended version was adopted with 85% voted in favour of adopting this motion at the 19th General Meeting
95.2% voted in favor of adopting this motion in the post-General Meeting Ratification Vote. This motion is now official GPC policy and will be added to the Membership Approved Policy - Green Book.
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Conversation with Kyle Hutton
Thank you for the comment, Dimitri.
As was discussed a few times prior during the Hothouse section of the policy process, as well as in many other forums by many other people, providing the means of self-defense does not violate our core value of non-violence in either text or spirit. Our basic commitment is to foster a peaceful world and cooperation between states, peoples, and individuals, and not rely primarily on military strength as the basis of global security - and a deeper look commits us to curtailing the military-industrial complex, promoting and reforming global organizations such as the UN and ICC as arbiters of peace, and indeed - reducing the arms trade. All of this I admit and fully embrace - while noting it is almost all nearly irrelevant to the case of the on-going war inflicted unilaterally by the Russian state upon the people of Ukraine.
Our goal of a world free of the need for military violence does not equate to us staking a position of non-action in the face of aggression, occupation, and genocide. The Global Greens charter notes that the use of force is justified where prevention fails - and the conflict is far beyond any utility acts of global diplomatic prevention can provide at this point. That is simply a fact, as the Russian state and its leadership continues to act without regard to international condemnation and third-party proposals for peace even from friendlier nation-states, such as the People's Republic of China - instead seeking only to inflict its deep-seated distrust of and hatred for a free Ukrainian people in the form of cultural genocide, economic blockades, and daily bombings of industrial and residential centres across Ukraine.
Similar to the genocidal actions of Slobodan Milošević and Serbian nationalists during the breakdown of the former Yugoslavia, the Russian state's irredentist war is fueled by paranoia, resentment, and a desperate need for legacy and control. As such the war will not end until either the leadership's terrifying goals are met - or they simply have no choice but to end it, due to either lack of resources, lack of will, or lack of agency.
And as such Greens not only have a duty to unilaterally condemn the Russian state's actions, truly the most basic move we can take - but I believe we must also support Ukraine's ability to defend itself through material means, because that is how we ensure this war perpetuated by the fascist leadership of Russia ends without tacitly accepting the submission of the Ukrainian people to Putin's authoritarian and genocidal rule. I would hope you wish to avoid such a result, same as I do.
Finally, of course I agree entirely with the goal of not creating a greater, hotter conflict - and a coalition of allies sending material, particularly older stock, for use by Ukraine's armed forces instead of direct involvement is key to avoiding it. Evident by the fact its worked so well to hold the occupation forces at bay, and push them back at points.
Would you not agree that with the numbers of military outposts throughout the world, that the US is playing the game of “most powerful” and because we are a little weak country, Canada must go along with whatever the US decides or we will lose too much of our dependent economy?
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