Key Resolutions up for debate
Adopt A New Constitutional Preamble
If this resolution is adopted, the word “socialist” will be stricken from the party’s 50-year-old constitutional preamable..
Ensure Intergenerational Equity
“What we’re finding in the medical community, and in the U.S. in particular, is that people are being excluded [from insurance policies] because of pre-existing conditions that may or may not manifest,” Mr. Capstick said. “This type of thing is happening subtly here already — for example, in terms of how some doctors choose patients — and this is a suggestion by the NDP to stop this sort of thing before it arrives in Canada wholesale.”
Protect Language Rights
..“fostering Canadians’ right to live and grow in the official language of their choice.”
Ensure Food Security and Food Sovereignty
..access to “high-quality, healthy food” and food sovereignty, but it also contains specifics on food safety. Among the more ambitious recommendations is a call for a moratorium on new genetically modified crops until the regulatory system is reviewed and reformed.
"Fringe" Resolutions Submitted for Consideration
Decriminalize Marijuana Growth and Consumption
Mr. Larsen, who will attend the convention as an elected delegate for Vancouver East, said at least four riding associations have supported his group’s proposed resolution aimed at eliminating fines and criminal penalties for using and growing marijuana.
Boycott ‘Apartheid’ Israel
The resolution calls on the NDP to “campaign for an end to the rule of apartheid laws that make Israeli Arabs and Palestinians second- and third-class citizens under occupation.”
Declare Solidarity With Cuba
It asks the NDP to “encourage party members to visit the island” and to demand “an end to the U.S. embargo.”
Repeal the Clarity Act
The Act, which was passed by the Liberal government after the 1995 referendum, essentially gives Parliament the legislative teeth to override a referendum decision. Mr. Weisleder said the resolution to support scrapping the law was approved by about a half-dozen riding associations.
Nationalize US Steel, Big Oil and Gas, and the Auto Industry
Mr. Weisleder said several bodies have supported this series of three separate proposals that seek to address the “failed capitalist system” that has “squandered untold wealth.”
The NDP Convention: Got a resolution | Posted | National Post
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aw crap.. should be National Post, not the Globe n Mail
Adopt A New Constitutional Preamble
If this resolution is adopted, the word “socialist” will be stricken from the party’s 50-year-old constitutional preamable..
Ensure Intergenerational Equity
“What we’re finding in the medical community, and in the U.S. in particular, is that people are being excluded [from insurance policies] because of pre-existing conditions that may or may not manifest,” Mr. Capstick said. “This type of thing is happening subtly here already — for example, in terms of how some doctors choose patients — and this is a suggestion by the NDP to stop this sort of thing before it arrives in Canada wholesale.”
Protect Language Rights
..“fostering Canadians’ right to live and grow in the official language of their choice.”
Ensure Food Security and Food Sovereignty
..access to “high-quality, healthy food” and food sovereignty, but it also contains specifics on food safety. Among the more ambitious recommendations is a call for a moratorium on new genetically modified crops until the regulatory system is reviewed and reformed.
"Fringe" Resolutions Submitted for Consideration
Decriminalize Marijuana Growth and Consumption
Mr. Larsen, who will attend the convention as an elected delegate for Vancouver East, said at least four riding associations have supported his group’s proposed resolution aimed at eliminating fines and criminal penalties for using and growing marijuana.
Boycott ‘Apartheid’ Israel
The resolution calls on the NDP to “campaign for an end to the rule of apartheid laws that make Israeli Arabs and Palestinians second- and third-class citizens under occupation.”
Declare Solidarity With Cuba
It asks the NDP to “encourage party members to visit the island” and to demand “an end to the U.S. embargo.”
Repeal the Clarity Act
The Act, which was passed by the Liberal government after the 1995 referendum, essentially gives Parliament the legislative teeth to override a referendum decision. Mr. Weisleder said the resolution to support scrapping the law was approved by about a half-dozen riding associations.
Nationalize US Steel, Big Oil and Gas, and the Auto Industry
Mr. Weisleder said several bodies have supported this series of three separate proposals that seek to address the “failed capitalist system” that has “squandered untold wealth.”
The NDP Convention: Got a resolution | Posted | National Post
...
aw crap.. should be National Post, not the Globe n Mail
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