Go Vegan (formerly the Vegan Environmental Party) is a former minor animal rights and environmentalist provincial political party in Ontario, 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 animal agriculture 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 Ministry of Natural Resources 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 first-past-the-post to a system involving Proportional representation.
Electoral results In the 2011 Ontario general election, the Vegan Environmental Party nominated three candidates for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
+ 2011 Ontario general election results Riding Candidate's Name Notes Votes % Rank Don Valley WestRosemary Waigh 108 0.26% 6/7 Toronto CentreHarvey Rotenberg 62 0.14% 7/10 Mississauga SouthPaulo Figueiras Party Leader 165 0.41% 6/6
In the 2014 election:
+ 2014 Ontario general election results Riding Candidate's name Notes Votes % Rank Don Valley WestRosemary Waigh 116 0.25% 8/9 Toronto CentreHarvey Rotenberg 187 0.37% 8/11 Trinity—SpadinaPaulo Figueiras Party Leader 308 0.53% 6/7 Toronto—DanforthSimon Luisi 149 0.35% 8/10 Etobicoke CentreFelicia Trigiani 142 0.30% 8/8
In the 2018 election, the party ran two candidates:
+ 2018 Ontario general election results Riding Candidate's name Notes Votes % Rank Mississauga—LakeshoreFelicia Trigiani 1500.28%7/7 University—RosedalePaulo Figueiras Party Leader 1060.21%8/9
See also Animal Protection Party of Canada, a similar but unaffiliated party at the federal level
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