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Green Party calls for recall of Parliament to debate the desperate situation in Afghanistan
Media Release | Monday, 16 Aug 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister to ask the Governor General to reconvene Parliament to debate Canada’s response to the foreign policy emergency unfolding in Afghanistan, and...
With A Green Future, Life with Dignity and a Just Society Canadians will succeed in addressing immense challenges ahead, says Green Party Leader Annamie Paul
Media Release | Sunday, 15 Aug 2021OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul kicked off her Toronto Centre campaign today calling for Canadians to: BE DARING! “In order to confront the biggest challenges, and seize the...
Green Party condemns China’s harsh sentences for two Canadians
Media Release | Friday, 13 Aug 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada condemns the harsh sentences handed down to Canadians by Chinese courts. Robert Schellenberg, originally sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking, has...
Green Party Statement for International Youth Day
Statement | Thursday, 12 Aug 2021OTTAWA – This year’s UN International Youth Day focuses on Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health, highlighting the need for meaningful youth engagement in any...
“IPCC findings must strengthen our resolve to do all we can as a global community to avert the worst impacts of global warming,” says Green Party Leader Annamie Paul
Media Release | Monday, 09 Aug 2021OTTAWA – The Working Group 1 of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Sixth Assessment Report, laying out the current state of the climate, the role of...
Green Party Statement on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Statement | Monday, 09 Aug 2021OTTAWA – The theme of this year’s UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract. The global event...
Green Party Statement on the Anniversary of the explosion in Lebanon
Statement | Wednesday, 04 Aug 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada remembers the hundreds of people killed when a devastating explosion occurred in the port of Beirut, on August 4, 2020. The tragic event flattened parts of the...
Green Party marks Emancipation Day in Canada
Statement | Sunday, 01 Aug 2021OTTAWA – In March 2021, the House of Commons voted to recognise August 1, the day slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire, including the territories that came to be known as Canada....
The devastating heat-related deaths in British Columbia should mobilise all of Canada to adopt an ambitious climate action plan, says Annamie Paul
Media Release | Friday, 30 Jul 2021OTTAWA – British Columbia’s chief coroner, Lisa Lapointe confirmed this week that 570 of the 815 sudden deaths that occurred during B.C.’s recent extreme heat event, are directly attributable to the...
Greens call for an extension on full CRB as deadline for reduced payments looms
Media Release | Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling on the government to abandon its cuts to the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB). Almost 735,000 new individuals were approved for CRB between June 20 to...