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Greens call for investment in Indigenous healing
Media Release | Tuesday, 28 Jun 2022OTTAWA – A year ago Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced a gruesome discovery that confirmed what was whispered about but never documented. The community announced that there was information...
Greens Celebrate Indigenous Peoples commitment to the environment
Statement | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022The Green Party of Canada celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day by recognizing the heroic efforts of Indigenous peoples to protect globally significant ecosystems from harm. At a time when the...
Green Party introduces new Deputy Leaders: Angela Davidson and Luc Joli-Coeur
Media Release | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022OTTAWA – The interim Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Amita Kuttner, today announced the appointment of two new Deputy Leaders – an Indigenous land defender from Vancouver Island and a private...
Statement on World Oceans Day 2022
Statement | Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022VANCOUVER – Of all the natural systems under assault from climate change, the world’s oceans are where the impacts of our warming planet will have the most devastating and far-reaching consequences....
Elevating Indigenous Voices in Politics
Media Release | Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022National Indigenous History Month – June 2022 OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is helping make history this year with major changes to the GPC’s Constitution and Governance Bodies. Members have...
An outstanding result for Mike Schreiner and the Ontario Greens
Statement | Friday, 03 Jun 2022VANCOUVER – Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner today issued the following statement on the Ontario election. “Today I speak on behalf of Greens across the country when I congratulate Green...
Green Party leader sees a rising tide of hate based on sexuality and gender identity
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 May 2022OTTAWA – While general levels of acceptance and access to services have improved for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada, homophobia, biphobia, intersexism and transphobia are still rampant and oppressive,...
Green Party calls on Moe to hit the brakes on nuclear plans in Saskatchewan
Media Release | Monday, 09 May 2022REGINA – Green Party of Canada interim Leader Amita Kuttner has joined her Saskatchewan Green Party counterpart Naomi Hunter in calling on Premier Scott Moe to abandon his push to bring nuclear...
Statement on Earth Day 2022
Statement | Friday, 22 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The first Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, 1970, was an optimistic event. We had seen the Earth from space, realized that environmental issues were increasingly important and accepted that...
Green Party responds to Budget 2022
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The federal government’s Budget 2022 makes some promising commitments for legislation that aims to help Canadians with affordability but ignores the reality of the climate crisis, impacting...