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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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Its surprising, and very disappointing to see that no one has pointed out here something that I've seen/heard many times on misc alternative media interviews of very knowledgeable and credible sources. In March of 2021, a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there were peace negotiations between them - and after about 7 rounds they were on the brink of a peaceful settlement acceptable to both sides. But, first the UK then quickly the USA told Zelinski they would not support that, and brought the negotiations to an end. Deceitfully the neoliberal mass media has either made no mention of that fact, or very little, as it repeatedly puts blame on Russia for being closed to peace negotiations. The truth is that it is the USA, UK, and complicit NATO nations, that have not been open to negotiations. Neoliberal elites, especially those of the military industrial complex, are profiting greatly from that war... with hopes of much more profiting from "helping" war-ravaged Ukraine rebuild. Reps of those elites have openly admitted they wanted to force a "regime change" in Russia, and break it into bite-sized pieces - which they can then "help" to become more democratic and prosperous... just like all the 3rd world countries in which they ousted popular socialist governments - or prevented them from ever coming to power.
Also, re Kyle Hutton's blatant disregarding of 4 very significant points made above by Dimitri Lascaris:
"the claim that Russia's invasion was "unprovoked" flies in the face of the historical record. NATO vowed not to expand eastward, yet it did so, repeatedly.""The US orchestrated a coup in 2014. That coup installed a government that was intensely hostile to Ukrainians who spoke Russian or were of Russian ethnicity."
"The Ukrainian government repeatedly flouted the Minsk accords, with the tacit approval of the West."
"... you mention the Budapest memorandum without acknowledging that the U.S. and British governments, as signatories to that agreement, violated the agreement.by fomenting a coup in Ukraine in 2014. That was a blatant violation of Ukraine's sovereignty."
For a brief alternative media (acTVism Munich) overview of several very credible speakers' comments on the Russia-Ukraine war please check this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QCR6AVcZM0
From its own intro I quote: " Feb 18, 2023 In this video, we present a compilation of excerpts from our recent interviews on Ukraine with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Seymour Hersh, Vijay Prashad, Richard D. Wolff, Chris Hedges, Noam Chomky, Yanis Varoufakis, Jill Stein, and Dimitri Lascaris."
The full interviews can also be seen via the links following that quote, on the same linked page. I've bookmarked links to over 100 interviews and documentaries that also back up those points, and many more not covered by the mass media.
If the membership of the GPC vote this "G23-P009" proposal into becoming Policy, it will be another neoliberal propaganda triumph.
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