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Greens call for a long-term national strategy for managing COVID-19
Statement | Wednesday, 02 Nov 2022Ottawa, ON - The COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that has taken more than 6 million lives, including nearly 47,000 Canadians, is showing no sign of waning. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are on the...
Greens warn of impending water disasters
Statement | Thursday, 20 Oct 2022Green Party of Canada Interim Leader Dr. Amita Kuttner and Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich Gulf Islands spoke out today about the disasters possibly expected this weekend. “After over 100 days of...
Building for resilience to intensifying cascading climate disasters
Statement | Thursday, 13 Oct 2022VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today marks UN International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, a day to acknowledge progress being made on the international agreement to reduce risk and loss to disasters. This year’s...
Green Party of Canada Statement on the Inflationary Crisis
Statement | Wednesday, 05 Oct 2022MONTREAL, QC – Inflation is hurting Canadians in every community across the country with more families than ever seeking help from food banks and other community support non-profit organizations. As...
Green Party of Canada Statement on World Habitat Day
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Oct 2022Today is UN World Habitat Day and this year’s theme is Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind. This idea is extremely relevant to Canadians as we are forced to confront the ongoing spread of...
Green Party of Canada's Response to Hurricane Fiona
Statement | Wednesday, 28 Sep 2022Ottawa, ON – Seeing and feeling the effects of Hurricane Fiona, the Green Party of Canada stands in solidarity with everyone affected by the storm. Across the country, we are all thinking about those...
Greens Celebrate Indigenous Peoples commitment to the environment
Statement | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022The Green Party of Canada celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day by recognizing the heroic efforts of Indigenous peoples to protect globally significant ecosystems from harm. At a time when the...
Statement on World Oceans Day 2022
Statement | Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022VANCOUVER – Of all the natural systems under assault from climate change, the world’s oceans are where the impacts of our warming planet will have the most devastating and far-reaching consequences....
An outstanding result for Mike Schreiner and the Ontario Greens
Statement | Friday, 03 Jun 2022VANCOUVER – Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner today issued the following statement on the Ontario election. “Today I speak on behalf of Greens across the country when I congratulate Green...
Statement on Earth Day 2022
Statement | Friday, 22 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The first Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, 1970, was an optimistic event. We had seen the Earth from space, realized that environmental issues were increasingly important and accepted that...