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Green Party Statement on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
Statement | Monday, 24 Jun 2019OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada wishes all Quebecers a very happy Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. On June 24, Canadians from coast to coast celebrate Quebec, its language, its culture and its territory...
Green Party Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Statement | Friday, 21 Jun 2019OTTAWA – National Indigenous Peoples Day provides an opportunity for Canadians to celebrate and learn more about the cultural diversity of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Green Party...
Green Party Statement on World Refugee Day
Statement | Wednesday, 19 Jun 2019OTTAWA – The theme of this year’s UN World Refugee Day: Global Compact on Refugees calls for investment in communities that host refugees to help ease the pressure on the host and to help refugees...
Green Party Statement on World Oceans Day
Statement | Saturday, 08 Jun 2019OTTAWA – UN World Ocean Day this year focuses the world’s attention on two daunting challenges: gender equality and plastic pollution. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands)...
Canadian Environment Week: Green Party calls for greater effort to protect biodiversity
Statement | Friday, 07 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Last month’s report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) delivered this stark warning: “Nature is declining globally at rates...
It’s time to get serious about getting rid of plastic waste, says Elizabeth May
Statement | Thursday, 06 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- Despite widespread adoption of municipal blue box initiatives, only about 11 per cent of plastic waste is recycled in Canada. Although a recent CBC poll found that 82 per cent of Canadians...
Green Party Statement on World Environment Day
Statement | Wednesday, 05 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- Since its inception in 1974, the UN World Environment Day has become a global platform for public outreach that is celebrated in over 100 countries. The goal of the initiative is to...
Canada saved the ozone layer: it is time to be global leaders again
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- Thirty-two years ago, Canada led the charge in global efforts to forge a treaty to save the ozone layer. Even though forces in the White House attempted to derail the treaty at the last...
Green Party Statement on Eid Al-Fitr
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019OTTAWA – The sighting of the new moon this evening ushers in the month of Shawwal and heralds the beginning of Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end of the month-long observance of Ramadan...
Green Party Statement for Canadian Environment Week
Statement | Monday, 03 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- It’s Environment Week in Canada, a time when Canadians are encouraged to participate in environmental activities and discover ways in which they can become more actively involved in...