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Dimitri Lascaris is a contestant for Green Party of Canada leadership
Media Release | Tuesday, 02 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada has accepted the nomination of Dimitri Lascaris as a contestant for the party’s leadership. Voting will take place from September 26 to October 3, online and by...
Green Party statement regarding Dimitri Lascaris
Statement | Tuesday, 02 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada announced today that it has reversed the decision to exclude Dimitri Lascaris from the party’s leadership contest. “The Leadership Contest Committee heard Mr....
Green Party condemns racism and violence
Statement | Monday, 01 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is appalled by on-going police brutality against African-American and minority populations in the United States. Protests have broken out across the U.S., in Canada...
Canadian Environment Week: We are confronted by two emergencies
Statement | Monday, 01 Jun 2020OTTAWA – For months Canada and the world have been engulfed in the response to COVID-19. The deadly pandemic has transformed societies, economies and people’s daily lives. Citizens and governments...
Opposition Parties send Letter to Liberal Government Regarding Recently Lapsed Funding for Organizations Fighting Human Trafficking
Media Release | Friday, 29 May 2020May 27, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, ON – Today, Opposition parties sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Maryam Monsef, Minister of Women and Gender Equality; Bill Blair, Minister of...
Dylan Perceval-Maxwell is a contestant for Green Party of Canada leadership
Media Release | Friday, 29 May 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada has accepted the nomination of Dylan Perceval-Maxwell as a contestant for the party’s leadership. The new leader will be chosen at a national convention to be held...
Canada’s tourism sector needs urgent support, say Greens
Media Release | Thursday, 28 May 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is urging the federal government to provide specific support for Canada's tourism sector, which has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Border and...
Preparing for the echo-pandemic: Green MP calls for direct investments in community mental health services
Media Release | Wednesday, 27 May 2020OTTAWA - Mental health professionals are warning of an echo-pandemic of mental illness to follow in the wake of COVID-19. Green critic for health Jenica Atwin (MP, Fredericton) is calling for...
Greens call for national inquiry into long-term care facilities
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 May 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is urging the federal government to open a national inquiry into the horrific tragedy that has unfolded in Canadian long-term care homes, during the COVID-19 crisis...
Green Party Statement on Eid al-Fitr
Statement | Saturday, 23 May 2020OTTAWA – The sighting of this evening’s new moon will herald an end to the holy month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr, celebrated by Muslims in Canada and around the world, commemorates the breaking of the...