Greenpac

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Founded 2014 Location Toronto, Canada Key people Sabrina Bowman		Founder Aaron Freeman Area served Canada
Focus Environmentalism, Canadian politics

GreenPAC is a Canadian environmental organization founded in 2014 with the goal to help recruit, elect, and support environmental leadership in Canadian politics.

2015 federal election campaign

GreenPAC's inaugural campaign was during the 2015 Canadian federal election, in which they endorsed 18 MP candidates from four national parties who were deemed to have strong environmental track records by a panel of Canadian environmental experts. Only candidates considered to be in winnable situations were endorsed. GreenPAC encouraged Canadians to support these endorsed candidates' campaigns through donations or by volunteering.

The following 18 candidates were endorsed by GreenPAC in the 2015 federal election:

William Amos (Liberal, Pontiac, QC)

Richard Cannings (NDP, South Okanagan-West Kootenay, BC)

Jim Carr (Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB)

Michael Chong (Conservative, Wellington-Halton Hills, ON)

François Choquette (NDP, Drummond, QC)

Nathan Cullen (NDP, Skeena-Bulkley Valley, BC)

Karine Desjardins (Liberal, Beloeil-Chambly, QC)

Fin Donnelly (NDP, Port Moody-Coquitlam, BC)

Kirsty Duncan (Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON)

Linda Duncan (NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB)

Terry Duguid (Liberal, Winnipeg South, MB)

Bruce Hyer (Green Party, Thunder Bay-Superior North, ON)

Megan Leslie (NDP, Halifax, NS)

Elizabeth May (Green Party, Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC)

Gord Miller (Green Party, Guelph, ON)

Joyce Murray (Liberal, Vancouver Quadra, BC)

Romeo Saganash (NDP, Abitibi-Baie-Jame-Nunavik-Eeyou, QC)

Dianne Watts (Conservative, South Surrey-White Rock, BC)

References

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