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Greens Welcome the Adoption of the Biodiversity Framework, Call for Swift Canadian Implementation
Media Release | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2022(Montreal, December 20, 2022) - The Green Party of Canada welcomes with enthusiasm yesterday’s adoption by COP15 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (the GBF). We wish to join the...
Green Party statement on emergency shutdown at Point Lepreau nuclear power station
Statement | Monday, 19 Dec 2022On December 14, yet another costly power outage occurred at New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear power plant on the beautiful Bay of Fundy, forcing a costly and potentially dangerous emergency...
Former Environment Minister, Green Party of Canada and Green Coalition call on Canada to set an example and be a leader on biodiversity
Media Release | Thursday, 15 Dec 2022(Montreal, December 15, 2022) - "It's slightly hypocritical to host an international conference on biodiversity while refusing to protect the critical and endangered Technopark wetlands that...
Canada’s Reckless Attitude at COP27 Must Not Repeat at COP15
Statement | Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022Canada is a repeat offender. Since the Kyoto Protocol was signed – 25 years ago – Canada has met none of its global climate action commitments. It is strange that we would now be rewarded with...
Green Party of Canada increases its voter share by over 45% in Mississauga-Lakeshore by-election
Statement | Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022(Mississauga-Lakeshore, December 14, 2022) – In a by-election marked by cold weather, short days and an absentee Leader of the Official Opposition, Green Party candidate Mary Kidnew brought solid...
Mike Morrice’s amendments pass to strengthen C-22
Media Release | Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022(Ottawa, ON, December 14, 2022) – After more than a year of advocating for the federal government to fast-track the Canada Disability Benefit, Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice secured support for...
In a show of unity, Greens brave the cold to heat up Mississauga-Lakeshore
Media Release | Sunday, 11 Dec 2022(Mississauga-Lakeshore, December 11, 2022) - Green leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault joined forces with former Green leadership contestants Anna Keenan, Chad Walcott and Sarah Gabrielle...
750 Year-old slab cut from B.C. old-growth forest enroute to COP15
Statement | Thursday, 08 Dec 2022Indigenous-run Group Demands Government Protection for Ancient Forests Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek - Three Indigenous women and their allies, known as the Dzunuḵ̓wa Society, are headed to Montreal for the...
Green Party urges feds to better regulate high-THC cannabis
Statement | Monday, 28 Nov 2022In October 2018, the Government of Canada legalized marijuana, making it readily available to the public. But the cannabis produced and sold since legalization is a completely different beast than...
Elizabeth May wins Green Party of Canada Leadership
Media Release | Saturday, 19 Nov 2022OTTAWA - Elizabeth May is the new leader of the Green Party of Canada. She won the nomination against 5 other candidates. Anna Keenan came in second and Jonathan Pedneault finished third. In total, 6...