To those actually interested in disucussion beyond school yard partisan rhetoric ...

Personally, having voted Green in the last election, I oppose a coalition also. For reference material, here is a Toronto Star article: Green Party at a political crossroads

If the NDP is interested in electoral success, I would suggest the Bloc is a much better and more likely coalition partner. That would entail the NDP being able to manage the ensuing and stupid debate over national unity. As an example of the stupidity, I give you Subprime Minister Ignasty: Supporting oilsands a national unity issue

But nevermind the NDP, for now. For the Green Party, it must assess its role and future in Canadian politics. It must decide if it is to be another also-ran within a political system where it will never be anything more than an also-ran, or it it wants to have a genuine and significant impact on Canadian politics and the future.

If it is the former, then it should continue as it has been. It should pretend the environment is not an issue on the left, it should continue to prostitute itself to every elected MP without a home, it should continue to muddy and dilute its message to become palatable to the lowest common denominator. To be truly successful it should promote economy over ecology.

However, if it is the latter, the Green Party should position itself as the political voice of climate and environmental science. It should be prepared to state the dire warnings, now coming from scientists, on the political stage. It should give voice and force to those Canadians seeking a divorce from the destructive forces of globalization and neo-liberal capitalism in favour of building sustainable local and regional economies. It should have as the centre piece to its platform a mandatory 90% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050 without exceptions and it should state a foreign policy focused on supporting those nations with similar goals and decent human rights records.

In other words, the Green Party should seek to become the political voice and conscience of those Canadians and scientists who recognize, clearly, the window of opportunity to preserve a livable world for humans and other species is rapidly closing and requires urgent action.

The last thing Canada needs is yet another just a political party.