Building a Strong Economy

Job Creation in a Healthy Steady State Economy

By directing investment into infrastructure renewal, green technological advancements, and higher education we can transform the BC economy. Green Party policies would help create thousands of new jobs in BC by transitioning to clean industries and technologies. Significant economic opportunities would result from energy conservation, transit development, renewable energy generation, value-added forestry, fisheries regeneration, restoration of natural systems and service sector expansions. All of these jobs mean money flowing through the economy.

The Green Party’s plan includes incentive pricing for the renewable energy sector as well as investments in energy- efficient building, building retrofits, sustainable agriculture, and value-added manufacturing. Greens would reduce the tax burden upon businesses that are responsible and sustainable. BC Greens will work with business and industry to create lasting green-collar jobs while simultaneously addressing climate change by reducing emissions.

A Strong Green Economy Will

• Create thousands of new green-collar jobs
• Encourage small, local business and diverse local economies
• Shift taxes away from jobs and onto waste
• Measure genuine progress
• Reduce our dependence on gambling and oil and gas revenues

“For 25 years BC Greens have been lobbying for green jobs. Clean technology and green-collar jobs are BC’s future: they are its hope.

A vote for a Green MLA is a vote to engage the expertise of the private sector to research, develop, design and build clean technology, and a vote to maintain BC’s strategic public control of its own resources.

BC will lead the region and the nation in building the green economy.”

- Damian Kettlewell
Candidate, Vancouver-False Creek
& Deputy Leader

“One-industry communities suffer in times of challenge. A vibrant, healthy community is a diverse one, with innovation, local production and manufacturing and an ability to adapt rapidly to changing conditions. Localized, self-sustaining economies are stronger, healthier; and less subject to wild economic swings.”

- Simon Lindley
Candidate, Cowichan Valley