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Parti durable du Québec

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Sustainable Development Party
Parti durable du Québec
LeaderSebastien Girard
Founded2008 (2008)
Dissolved2009 (2009)
Headquarters1114, rue Anne-Hébert
Saint-Félicien (Québec)
G8K 1H1
Ideologyregionalism, centrism, sustainable development
Website
www.partidurable.org

The Parti durable du Québec (English: Sustainable Development Party) is a political party in Quebec that advocates for regionalism, centrism, and sustainable development.[1]

According to Quebecpolitique.com,[2] the party "was founded in 2008. Its mission is to "defend the interests of the regional population" of (the) Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean" region.[3]

Election 2008

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In the 2008 election, party leader Sebastien Girard ran as the party's only candidate in the provincial riding of Roberval. He finished in fifth place with 571 votes (2.1%), tying with the candidate for Québec Solidaire.

Dissolution

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In February 2010, Quebec's Chief Electoral Officer released a statement saying that the party had lost its official status as an authorised political party as of November 2009.[4]

Platform

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On the party website, Girard laid out the party's platform:[5]

  • La Charte du Bois (The Timber Charter):
    • Due to the crisis in the forestry sector in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the party suggests that a Timber Charter be introduced in the National Assembly. This charter would contain two different agendas:
      • 1. Wood products would be labelled, so that they can be traced, advocating local consumption of wood with a local origin.
      • 2. More use of Quebec wood in the construction of public buildings in Quebec.
  • Entrepreneurship and Youth Migration
    • To combat migration and brain drain from the Saguenay region, the party promised:
      • A work-entrepreneurship program, in which entrepreneurs would spend part of the time working and the other part developing their idea or business plan.
      • A student-entrepreneurship program, which would give youth resources for their entrepreneurial ideas.
      • A regional mentoring program, to help foster the two above programs.
  • Energy policy
    • Investment in renewable energy sources, more specifically ethanol, biodiesel and methane
    • An energy cooperative for the Saugenay region.
  • Education
    • More investment in alternative forms of education.
    • More assessment of students and more resources for teachers
  • Food
    • The development of a "Charter of Agricultural Soils"
    • Developing a visibility program for regional products
  • Sustainable tourism
    • Investment in a sustainable tourist sector in the Saugenay region
      • Opening Internet access to all citizens in the region, opening tourist-based businesses to the world
      • Developing a tourist cooperative for the Saugenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
      • Invest in a circuit of hostels
      • Establishing festivals and activities for the Lac-Saint-Jean region.
      • Making tourist information available in different languages
      • Establishing a rail tour of the area
  • First Nations
    • Collaboration with the local Innu community to establish a research centre.
    • Promoting the education of Native Spirituality on reserves and encouraging discussion in public schools
    • Establishing an ethnotourist market in the region.
  • Sustainable environment
    • Regulate the burning of wood
    • Accelerate development of electric vehicles
    • Nationalize Quebec water
  • Health
    • Recognize and regulate alternative medicines
    • Give more power to graduate nurses
    • Relax admission to those looking at medical school

References

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  1. ^ "Parti durable du Québec". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-11-13. Parti Durable Website (in French)
  2. ^ "Quebecpolitique.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  3. ^ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/partis-politiques/les-partis/mouvement-equite-au-quebec/ Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine QuebecPolitique.com (in French)
  4. ^ http://www.quebecpolitique.com/2010/02/disparition-du-parti-durable-du-quebec/ Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today QuebecPolitique.com: Disparition du Parti durable du Québec (Disappearance of the Parti durable du Quebec) (in French)
  5. ^ http://www.partidurable.org/documents/plateforme%20Parti%20durable%20.pdf[permanent dead link] Party Platform (in French)