by James Beddome | Sep 7, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party leader James Beddome and Wolseley candidate David Nickarz announced the Greens’ plans for moving to zero waste in Manitoba, including cost-sharing municipal composting programs, banning single-use plastics, and enhancing producer responsibility...
by James Beddome | Sep 6, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party Leader James Beddome announced that if elected, Greens would commit 10 per cent of the health budget to mental health and addictions. “More than one in four Manitobans experience a mental illness, substance abuse or addiction,” said Beddome. “Our...
by James Beddome | Sep 5, 2019 | News
Party Leader James Beddome announced that if elected, Greens would push for a universal national pharmacare program and negotiate better drug prices. “Canadians pay among the highest drug prices in the industrialized world,” said Beddome. “It’s long past time...
by James Beddome | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party leader James Beddome announced that the Greens will make the province’s property tax system fairer by eliminating the education property tax. Instead, schools would be funded through corporate and personal income taxes, which he said would provide...
by James Beddome | Sep 3, 2019 | News
Party Leader James Beddome said that if elected, Greens would push for strong labour reforms including an immediate move towards a card check process for union certification and ensuring that collective agreements made between the government and unions are honored....
by James Beddome | Aug 31, 2019 | News
GPM Deputy Leader and Union Station MLA candidate Andrea Shalay announced that if elected this fall, Greens would push for proportional representation in Manitoba. “Currently, Manitoba’s winner-take-all voting system allows political parties to govern with a majority...
by James Beddome | Aug 27, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Party leader James Beddome said that Greens would put a 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened beverages if elected, which would reduce rates of type-2 diabetes in Manitoba and raise an additional $20 million in revenue annually to put back into the health...
by James Beddome | Aug 23, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Green Party leader James Beddome was handing out free bus tickets at Osbourne Junction today as a way of promoting the party’s fare-free transit policy. “If we want to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions then we need to work on ways to...
by James Beddome | Aug 20, 2019 | News
Winnipeg, MB — Greens are committing to building 2,000 new licensed child care spaces per year over the next 10 years, says Green Party leader James Beddome. Beddome estimates this will cost about $31 million a year, based on the total of the average construction cost...
by James Beddome | Aug 16, 2019 | News
WINNIPEG, MB — Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) and her provincial counterpart James Beddome are calling for urgent action on poverty in Manitoba. A 2018 report on poverty trends from the Citizens for Public Justice showed that two...
