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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...
Latest climate report shows that Canada is on the wrong side of history
Media Release | Monday, 04 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released today delivers a stark warning that Canada and the world must rapidly abandon fossil fuels or face...
Budget 2022 no time for austerity, says Green Party
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling for increased spending to address the climate emergency, the housing crisis, and persistent holes in Canada’s social safety net when Finance Minister Chrystia...
This “net zero” Emissions Reduction Plan is designed to fail, says Green Party
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The long-awaited Emissions Reduction Plan released today by Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is yet more proof that the government has not grasped the scale of the...
Green Party hosts first public event with Leader and MPs since federal election
Media Release | Thursday, 17 Mar 2022OTTAWA – Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner will join MPs Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) and Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre) March 24 for the party’s first public event since last year’s...
Green Party interim Leader launches national “reconnection” tour
Media Release | Friday, 04 Mar 2022OTTAWA – Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner will travel from coast to coast to coast as they undertake a national Reconnection Tour that starts in southwestern Ontario next week. “We’ve all...
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...
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...