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Green Party of Canada celebrates Chinese New Year
Statement | Saturday, 25 Jan 2020OTTAWA — Across Canada and around the world, Chinese communities will begin their New Year celebrations today to welcome the Year of the Rat. Sometimes referred to as the Spring Festival (Lunar New...
The Green Party of Canada welcomes the landmark ruling by the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) relating to the Rohingya.
Statement | Friday, 24 Jan 2020OTTAWA — In 2019, The Gambia submitted an application against Myanmar to the ICJ, alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and seeking...
Statement on Baghdad air strike
Statement | Friday, 03 Jan 2020OTTAWA – In light of the air strike carried out by the United States in Iraq, the Green Party of Canada is calling on all parties to reach out to the international community for support in preventing...
Green Party Statement on Christmas
Statement | Wednesday, 25 Dec 2019HALIFAX — The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes to everyone celebrating the Christmas holiday. “Today, millions of people around the world will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with their...
Green Party Statement on Hanukkah
Statement | Sunday, 22 Dec 2019HALIFAX — From sundown this evening until nightfall on December 30, Jews around the world will light the menorah each night to celebrate Hanukkah, the festival of lights. To commemorate the occasion...
Premier McNeil Announces No Extension for Boat Harbour
Statement | Friday, 20 Dec 2019Christmas came early for Pictou Landing First Nation. Premier Stephen McNeil announced there will be no extension to the Boat Harbour Act. This means the effluent treatment plant for the Northern...
Elizabeth May issues a statement on Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s resignation
Statement | Thursday, 12 Dec 2019MADRID, SPAIN — Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) issued the following statement from Madrid, where she is attending COP25 as part of the Canadian delegation...
Green Party Statement on Human Rights Day
Statement | Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019OTTAWA — Today as we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we are reminded of the need to protect the inalienable rights to which every person is...
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Statement | Friday, 06 Dec 2019OTTAWA — Today marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic events that took place at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, when 13 female students and a female administrator were murdered because they were...
Green Party Statement on World Fisheries Day
Statement | Thursday, 21 Nov 2019OTTAWA — All life on earth began in the ocean. In 2019, Canadians continue to depend on the oceans for climate stability, carbon sequestration and for food. World Fisheries Day was conceived to...