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Following the BAPE's damning report on LNG Quebec, Annamie Paul calls for the project to be abandoned
Media Release | Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021MONTREAL – Green Party leader Annamie Paul today called for the cancellation of GNL Quebec, a major project to build a gas pipeline from western Canada across Quebec to a new liquefied natural gas (...
Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul calls for essential workers and adults living in racialized and marginalized communities to be vaccinated immediately
Media Release | Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Annamie Paul is calling for adults in racialized and marginalized communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 to be vaccinated immediately in response to the third...
A Green & Just Recovery: Annamie Paul and Green Party of Canada call for the abolishment of student tuition & all federally-held student debt
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021-A Just Recovery for all Canadians must also mean a Just Education for all Canadians--Greens offering students a strong partner at the Federal level- OTTAWA – This morning, with the University of...
The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians share their views on Bill C-15, an Act to Implement UNDRIP and ask to be heard
Media Release | Monday, 29 Mar 2021OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Annamie Paul met with Grand Chief Joel Abram, Deputy Grand Chief Stacia Loft from the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI), and Sara Mainville, legal...
Greens welcome Supreme Court decision but caution much remains to be done to tackle the climate crisis
Media Release | Thursday, 25 Mar 2021OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada welcomed today’s Supreme Court ruling that the federal Liberal government’s carbon pricing system is constitutional. The Supreme Court confirms that the federal...
Green Party welcomes unanimous support of MPs to declare August 1 as Emancipation Day
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada welcomes today’s unanimous vote in the House of Commons to recognize August 1 as Emancipation Day, the day that slavery was abolished across the British Empire,...
It’s time for real action on long-term care, says Green Party
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Mar 2021OTTAWA -- Throughout the pandemic, the Green Party of Canada has been sounding the alarm about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in long-term care homes across Canada. Last fall, Green MP Paul Manly...
Federal Government sanctions fall short of obligation to act under international law
Media Release | Monday, 22 Mar 2021“The government of Canada has announced it is imposing new sanctions against four officials and one entity under the Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China). While today’s announcement...
Greens call on government to urgently address mounting rent arrears crisis by immediately implementing a Residential Tenant Support Benefit
Media Release | Thursday, 11 Mar 2021OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Annamie Paul announced today that the Green Party is joining with housing advocates in calling on the federal government to immediately implement a Residential Tenant...
Green Party of Canada supports calls to restart talks on the Mi'kmaq fishery in Nova Scotia and to commit to nation-to-nation negotiations
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021OTTAWA – Following last week’s decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada requiring Indigenous lobster fishers in Nova Scotia to participate in moderate livelihood fisheries only during commercial...