Green Party big on recycling faux-progressive status quo

The Greens’ platform, which has all the bells and whistles of progressive policies, nearly erases marginalized communities with an approach to social justice focused only on poverty and housing.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured speaking to reporters in December, has long proven herself as an MP, but her party isn’t as progressive as it claims to be, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

May 15, 2019

OTTAWA—As the House finishes up its final weeks before campaign season kicks off, the Green Party is crossing every extremity in the hope that they are, indeed, starting to ride a wave. This is especially true as the Conservatives and Liberals drag each other in the media for attention—and event...

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