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Green legislation for environmental justice clears the House of Commons
Media Release | Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023Ottawa - By a vote of 178 yays and 144 nays, Bill C-226, a private members bill to address environmental racism and promote environmental justice has received its final vote of approval from the...
Federal Budget Fails People and Planet, Opens Arctic for Drilling
Media Release | Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023Ottawa - The Green Party of Canada had made a strong case that Budget 2023 must focus on people and the planet. This budget misses the mark and fails to position Canada as a climate leader by funding...
GPC Leader and Deputy Leader offer congratulations to Janine Gibson, new leader of the Manitoba Greens
Media Release | Monday, 27 Mar 2023Ottawa - Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault are very pleased to offer their sincere congratulations to Janine Gibson, as the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of Manatoba. Ms. Gibson was...
Budget 2023 Must Prioritize People and Planet, Say Greens
Media Release | Monday, 27 Mar 2023- As Canadians face increased costs of living from housing to groceries, Greens call on the NDP-supported Liberal government’s Budget 2023 to prioritize people and the planet. The Green Party of...
Stark UN Climate Warnings Warrant " Deep, Rapid and Sustained " Action, Greens Say
Media Release | Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023OTTAWA - In its "last chance " assessment report released yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a veritable call to arms. “It is not hyperbole that this is a ‘...
Green Party applauds the adoption of the new UN treaty on ocean biodiversity
Media Release | Monday, 06 Mar 2023The Green Party warmly welcomes the successful conclusion, at the United Nations, of negotiations for a global treaty on ocean biodiversity. Fifteen years in the making, the resulting agreement will...
Green Party of Canada Opposes Rogers-Shaw Merger
Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Feb 2023OTTAWA- The Green Party of Canada believes that the proposed takeover of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communication would hurt millions of consumers through higher prices, reduced quality of service...
Greens call out Federal inaction in Marine Protection
Media Release | Monday, 06 Feb 2023With the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress as a backdrop, British Columbia Green MLA Adam Olsen and Green MP and federal party leader Elizabeth May called for the federal government...
Government must deliver on health care
Media Release | Monday, 30 Jan 2023(Ottawa, ON) — The pandemic, shifting demographics and decades of federal and provincial underfunding of our healthcare system by shortsighted Liberal and Conservative governments now threaten to...
Forced return to the office for public servants: A missed opportunity for the federal government
Media Release | Monday, 23 Jan 2023Ottawa - With the introduction of telework, the pandemic led to a profound and largely positive reorganization of work practices in the federal public service. This reorganization helped reduce the...