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GREEN PARTY OF CANADA LEADERS ITINERARY: October 25th, 2023
Media Advisory | Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023Elizabeth May, Leader Elizabeth May will attend Rainbow Eyes’ (Indigenous Affairs Critic for the GPC) court hearing in Nanaimo. Tomorrow Rainbow Eyes will continue her personal defence of the 7...
Greens will vote to prevent automatic access to MAID for people with mental illness as sole cause
Media Release | Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023OTTAWA - As of March 17, 2024, the criminal code will change to make access to MAID legal for people where mental health constitutes a grievous and irremediable medical condition. The Green Party of...
Greens call on Liberals to repair environmental assessment law
Media Release | Friday, 13 Oct 2023In the wake of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that the "designated projects" portions of the federal Impact Assessment Law is unconstitutional, the Green Party of Canada calls on the...
Statement on Israel and Palestine
Statement | Wednesday, 11 Oct 2023The Green Party of Canada unequivocally condemns all violence taking place in Palestine and Israel. We are deeply concerned about the well-being of the hostages kidnapped and threatened by Hamas and...
Trudeau breaking commitment to Canadians : Promised mandate letters nowhere to be found
Media Release | Wednesday, 11 Oct 2023OTTAWA - It was one of Justin Trudeau's significant innovations to improve government transparency and accountability. The project was welcomed by the Greens at the time. From his first cabinet...
Green Party Condemns Horrendous Attacks by Hamas, Calls for Deescalation
Statement | Saturday, 07 Oct 2023(Ottawa, October 7, 2023) - The Green Party of Canada unequivocally condemns today’s brutal attacks on Israeli civilians by forces affiliated with Hamas, calls on the release of all hostages and on...
Green Party of Canada honors Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Media Release | Saturday, 30 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Today, the Green Party remembers the thousands of children sent to residential schools in Canada. Orange Shirt Day was created by Phyllys Webstad, a residential school survivor and community...
Green Party Condemns Saskatchewan’s Threat to Use of Notwithstanding Claus
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s threat to invoke the notwithstanding clause to infringe upon on transgender people’s rights in the province is appalling and will set yet another horrifying...
Apologies are not enough- We must atone for Canada's History of Allowing Nazi's to live here
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Recently former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights quoted his late friend, the extraordinary Canadian historian Irving Abella,...
Greens call on Canada to respect original commitment to Stk'emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) First Nation -
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Yesterday, the replacement agency to the National Energy Board, the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), approved a request from the Crown Corporation that owns and promotes the Transmountain...