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Greens call on Liberals to repair environmental assessment law
Media Release | Friday, 13 Oct 2023In the wake of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that the "designated projects" portions of the federal Impact Assessment Law is unconstitutional, the Green Party of Canada calls on the...
Trudeau breaking commitment to Canadians : Promised mandate letters nowhere to be found
Media Release | Wednesday, 11 Oct 2023OTTAWA - It was one of Justin Trudeau's significant innovations to improve government transparency and accountability. The project was welcomed by the Greens at the time. From his first cabinet...
Green Party of Canada honors Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Media Release | Saturday, 30 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Today, the Green Party remembers the thousands of children sent to residential schools in Canada. Orange Shirt Day was created by Phyllys Webstad, a residential school survivor and community...
Green Party Condemns Saskatchewan’s Threat to Use of Notwithstanding Claus
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s threat to invoke the notwithstanding clause to infringe upon on transgender people’s rights in the province is appalling and will set yet another horrifying...
Apologies are not enough- We must atone for Canada's History of Allowing Nazi's to live here
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Recently former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights quoted his late friend, the extraordinary Canadian historian Irving Abella,...
Greens call on Canada to respect original commitment to Stk'emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) First Nation -
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Yesterday, the replacement agency to the National Energy Board, the Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), approved a request from the Crown Corporation that owns and promotes the Transmountain...
Green Party Welcomes Speaker’s Resignation, Rejects Partisan Politicization
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada welcomes Anthony Rota’s resignation from his position as Speaker of the House of Commons and calls on the next Speaker to clarify Parliamentary procedures around...
Green Party of Canada calls for a National Climate Emergency Task Force
Media Release | Monday, 25 Sep 2023OTTAWA - In the months and years to come, the creation and operationalization of a National Climate Emergency Task Force will make the difference between life and death for many across the country,...
Ottawa must increase its francophone immigration targets
Media Release | Tuesday, 19 Sep 2023OTTAWA - Francophone communities throughout the country are demanding ambitious francophone immigration targets. The federal government should immediately heed calls from the Fédération des...
Greens to Bridge Divides, Defang Big Oil and Deliver on Housing and Poverty Elimination
Media Release | Monday, 18 Sep 2023OTTAWA - As Canadians reel from a hellish summer of fire-related evacuations, rent increases, unaffordable food, and toxic divisions, the political class responsible for Canada’s disastrous state of...