Go Vegan (formerly the Vegan Environmental Party) is a former minor

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and

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provincial political party in

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, Canada.

History

Go Vegan was founded as the Vegan Environmental Party in preparation for the 2011 Ontario general election. The party de-registered before the 2022 election.

Ideology

The party stands for the protection of both animals and people, calling for: # An end to

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in Ontario # No new nuclear power plants in Ontario, and a decommissioning of those still in operation # Focusing more on renewable energy sources # Overhauling the

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so that it represents the needs of all Ontarians (humans and nonhuman animals alike) rather than the needs of hunters. Policy positions unrelated to the environment taken by the party would arguably place it on the left wing in Ontario politics. The party calls for increased welfare and disability funding to reflect the actual cost of living in Ontario, eliminating tuition fees at Ontario universities, raising the minimum wage in Ontario to reflect cost of living in Ontario, subsidizing affordable housing, increasing funding for public transportation, and eliminating public funding for religious schools. Like many minor political parties, Go Vegan calls for a change in the electoral system from a

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to a system involving

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Electoral results

In the 2011 Ontario general election, the Vegan Environmental Party nominated three candidates for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: In the 2014 election In the 2018 election, the party ran two candidates:

References

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History

Ideology

Electoral results

See also

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