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The Green Party of Canada Commemorates Human Rights Day
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Today, on Human Rights Day, the Green Party recognizes the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. “Canada played a lead role...
COP21 Blog Update - December 10
Blog | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015After 5 hours of commentary, complaint and suggested possibilities for compromise, the informal round of talks called an "indaba" broke up at 5 am. If President Fabius (who personally chaired this...
An opportunity to fix what was broken
Media Release | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich-Gulf Islands), announced today that she has placed a number of motions on the order paper to serve as a starting point...
Green parliamentarians from around the world call for climate treaty that works
Media Release | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Green MPs meeting on the morning of December 9th (Paris time) reviewed the state of play in current negotiations. "It is clear that the collective commitments from all nations here amount...
COP21 Blog Update
Blog | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015A brief blog today. The talks were mostly off-line – one to one (or rather, one COP president to a larger regional grouping, one after the other). Claire Martin had a not entirely small tragedy as a...
Greens Applaud Finland’s plan for a Guaranteed Annual Income
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada applauds the recent announcement by Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila, to implement a Basic Annual Income. It will make Finland the first in the world to provide...
Green Party news from COP21: Canada making a difference
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) -The Green Party of Canada group at COP21 is encouraged by the constructive atmosphere as the negotiations enter the final days. “It is critical that the community of nations succeed in...
COP21 – negotiations move behind closed doors - Day 8
Blog | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015Monday December 7th was the official opening of the High-Level segment. In the normal rhythm of the COPs, this would have been a big day with ministers of environment from around the world, and the...
Green Party committed to supporting the Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015OTTAWA – The Green Party applauded the government’s plan for extensive consultation with the families and communities of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. “Federal action on missing...
COP21 moves to new phase - Day 7
Blog | Monday, 07 Dec 2015Sunday and COP21 moved to the working groups to review cross-cutting issues. There were four groups announced by COP President Fabius last night, with another announced today – adaptation. We also...