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Green Party Statement for Black History Month
Statement | Monday, 01 Feb 2021OTTAWA – Black History Month is Canada’s opportunity to recognise the outstanding contributions of Black Canadians in every field of human endeavour. In this month, we come together to celebrate the...
Statement by Green Party Leader Annamie Paul on anniversary of Quebec City mosque shooting
Statement | Friday, 29 Jan 2021OTTAWA – Today marks the fourth anniversary of the tragic and hateful act committed at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City. On behalf of all our members, I want to extend deepest sympathies to...
Statement on the fourth anniversary of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque
Statement | Friday, 29 Jan 2021OTTAWA – Four years ago today, six men were murdered and 19 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in a sanctuary where they had gathered to pray. The six who died in the shooting at the...
Green Party marks 5th anniversary of deadly shootings in La Loche, Saskatchewan
Statement | Friday, 22 Jan 2021OTTAWA – Today, the Green Party of Canada remembers the tragic attack that unfolded five years ago in the small village of La Loche, Saskatchewan. On that day four people were killed, seven others...
Greens join in multi-party press conference to mark the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into force
Statement | Thursday, 21 Jan 2021Tomorrow, January 22, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will come into force. Elizabeth May, Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party of Canada, joined former...
Green Party Statement for Martin Luther King Day
Statement | Monday, 18 Jan 2021OTTAWA – Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honour Dr. King as one of the incomparable civil rights giants whose shoulders we stand on. Today is a day to both celebrate Dr. King’s towering...
Green Party Statement on Thai Pongal
Statement | Thursday, 14 Jan 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes to Tamils in Canada and around the world celebrating the festival of Thai Pongal today. “During the Tamil festival of Thai Pongal families and...
Green Party Statement on the anniversary of Ukraine Airlines crash
Statement | Friday, 08 Jan 2021OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada issued the following statement today, on the first anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 minutes after it took off from Tehran...
Green Party Statement for Christmas 2020
Statement | Friday, 25 Dec 2020TORONTO – “On behalf of the Green Party of Canada and our Caucus, I’d like to wish Christians everywhere a peaceful and joyful Christmas celebration,” said Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. “This...
Green Party Statement for Hanukkah 2020
Statement | Thursday, 10 Dec 2020TORONTO – Today marks the beginning of Hanukkah, and for eight days Jewish people around the world will celebrate by lighting candles. In a year marked by much sadness and darkness, this Festival of...