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Window is closing: Green Party calls for radical action to address the climate emergency
Media Release | Tuesday, 01 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling for a redoubling of Canada’s climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives in light of the new report that describes a world on the brink of a descent into...
Green Party calls for maximum sanctions in response to invasion of Ukraine
Media Release | Thursday, 24 Feb 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling on the Canadian government to use every available non-violent tool to punish and isolate Russia for its criminal decision to attack Ukraine. “This lawless...
Green Party statement on the Emergencies Act
Statement | Tuesday, 22 Feb 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party was the only party whose MPs entered days of debate on the historic occasion of the first use of the Emergencies Act without a predetermined position. We believe it is...
Canada Disability Benefit campaign gaining momentum
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Feb 2022OTTAWA – Almost 18,000 Canadians have signed a parliamentary petition – sponsored by Green Party MP Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre) – calling on the federal government to fast-track the development...
Green Party introduces new law to protect passenger rail
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 Feb 2022OTTAWA – Greens in parliament are calling for legislation to give VIA Rail a proper mandate to deliver safe, reliable, low-carbon, affordable passenger transportation across Canada. In the House of...
Green Party tables legislation to address environmental racism
Media Release | Wednesday, 02 Feb 2022OTTAWA – In the House of Commons today, Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) tabled new legislation calling for a national strategy to address the harm caused by...
Green Party celebrates Lunar New Year
Statement | Tuesday, 01 Feb 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year to all who are celebrating today to mark the beginning of the Year of the Water Tiger. “The new year is a...
Green Party statement on the “Freedom Convoy”
Statement | Monday, 31 Jan 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada condemns the hatred, racism, misogyny, homophobia and utter disrespect for treasured Canadian institutions displayed by some of the participants in the so-called “...
Green Party calls for stronger diplomatic effort to resolve crisis in Ukraine
Media Release | Monday, 31 Jan 2022OTTAWA – Expressing alarm over escalating tensions in Ukraine, the Green Party of Canada is calling on the Canadian government to take a more active role in an expanded diplomatic effort towards a...
Statement on the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec Mosque Attack and of Action Against Islamophobia
Statement | Saturday, 29 Jan 2022OTTAWA – Five years ago today, in an act of unspeakable violence, a gunman opened fire in a Quebec City mosque, killing six men and wounding 19 others in the sanctuary where they had gathered to pray...