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Green Party Statement for Martin Luther King Day
Statement | Monday, 18 Jan 2021OTTAWA – Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honour Dr. King as one of the incomparable civil rights giants whose shoulders we stand on. Today is a day to both celebrate Dr. King’s towering...
Green Party Statement on Thai Pongal
Statement | Thursday, 14 Jan 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes to Tamils in Canada and around the world celebrating the festival of Thai Pongal today. “During the Tamil festival of Thai Pongal families and...
Green Party Statement on the anniversary of Ukraine Airlines crash
Statement | Friday, 08 Jan 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada issued the following statement today, on the first anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 minutes after it took off from Tehran...
Green Party Statement for Christmas 2020
Statement | Friday, 25 Dec 2020TORONTO – “On behalf of the Green Party of Canada and our Caucus, I’d like to wish Christians everywhere a peaceful and joyful Christmas celebration,” said Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. “This...
Green Party Statement for Hanukkah 2020
Statement | Thursday, 10 Dec 2020TORONTO – Today marks the beginning of Hanukkah, and for eight days Jewish people around the world will celebrate by lighting candles. In a year marked by much sadness and darkness, this Festival of...
Green Party Statement for Human Rights Day 2020
Statement | Thursday, 10 Dec 2020OTTAWA – The theme of this year’s United Nations Human Rights Day is: Recover Better: Stand Up for Human Rights. As countries begin to lay out their pandemic recovery plans, the UN is urging that...
Statement from Annamie Paul on the 50th anniversary of the Report by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
Statement | Monday, 07 Dec 2020OTTAWA – “We have come a long way in the 50 years since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada released its trailblazing report, but there is still much work to be done,” said Green...
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Statement | Sunday, 06 Dec 2020OTTAWA – Today we remember the 14 women who were murdered on December 6, 1989 at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women. Thirty-one years later, gender-based violence...
Statement by Green Party Leader Annamie Paul on Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas
Statement | Friday, 13 Nov 2020TORONTO – “Today, the Green Party of Canada joins Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Buddhist communities in celebrating Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. “Usually, during this celebration, loved ones gather to...
Green Party Statement on Remembrance Day 2020
Statement | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020OTTAWA – Also known as Armistice Day, Remembrance Day commemorates the day and time that armies stopped fighting the First World War, at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918. “Today, as we observe a minute...