The Green party plan also involves employing jobless forest workers to plant trees and cutting fire-break areas to protect communities from future wildfires.

Speaking at an event in Montreal, May says the Green plan would modernize Canada's electricity grid to supply renewable energy across the country.

The party is the first to release a platform with price tags for its pledges as reviewed by the parliamentary budget officer.

Elizabeth May is intending to make a big splash with her news conference at Toronto's Royal York hotel.

The Greens say they would move to a clean economy by supporting jobs in cleantech and would commit to a 100 per cent renewable energy supply by 2050.

Cost estimates were not included in their platform.