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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...
Green Party tables legislation to address environmental racism
Media Release | Wednesday, 02 Feb 2022OTTAWA – In the House of Commons today, Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) tabled new legislation calling for a national strategy to address the harm caused by...
Green Party calls for stronger diplomatic effort to resolve crisis in Ukraine
Media Release | Monday, 31 Jan 2022OTTAWA – Expressing alarm over escalating tensions in Ukraine, the Green Party of Canada is calling on the Canadian government to take a more active role in an expanded diplomatic effort towards a...