Leader Frank de Jong Membership 50 Colours Green | Headquarters Whitehorse, Yukon Ideology Green | |
Founded 28 February 2011 (2011-02-28) | ||
The Yukon Green Party is a territorial green political party in Yukon, Canada. It was inspired by the Green Party of Canada. Its interim leader is Frank de Jong, a school teacher in Faro, Yukon.
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Its first leader was Kristina Calhoun, a stay-at-home mother, who has lived in Yukon since 2006. The party began at a meeting in November 2010, and was registered in February 2011.
Frank De Jong led the party as its interim leader in the 2016 general election. Its platform in that election included electoral reform, legalizing marijuana, ending public funding for Catholic schools, and introducing a carbon tax in Yukon that would be offset by monthly refund payments to Yukoners.
The party will elect a permanent leader at its annual general meeting in 2017.
Platform
The party is in favour of: