Canada’s foremost environmentalist says there’s no need for the country’s political landscape to include the Green Party.David Suzuki on Tuesday via teleconference told a gathering of Lakehead University students that as long as there’s a Green Party the environment will be tossed around like a hot potato with no real action being completed. "There shouldn’t be a Green Party," he said, matter-of-factly and unexpectedly.
An outspoken supporter of outgoing Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s much maligned Green Shift carbon tax proposal, Suzuki suggested having a party solely focused on sustainability and the environment will not make the impact most supporters are hoping for. Suzuki praised Green Party Leader Elizabeth May for getting into the national television debates during the recent election campaign, but suggested her platform is one better served if adopted by more mainstream parties."I really think we’ve got to drive the green agenda so it becomes everyone’s agenda," Suzuki said to an Agora audience of about 150."But until they understand that, yes, this has got to be the way we all act, it’s going to continue to be a political football." Suzuki delivered his rebuke of the Greens as part of his cross-Canada university lecture tour, put on by the Canadian Federation of Students, the Sierra Youth Foundation and the Suzuki Foundation
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