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Green Party Statement for Canada Day 2020
Statement | Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party is excited to join Canadians everywhere for the National Virtual Canada Day Celebrations: Canada Day Across the Country. The daytime and evening shows, hosted by Serena Ryder...
Green Party Commitment to Anti-Discrimination
Statement | Monday, 29 Jun 2020At the Green Party of Canada, we are committed to being true allies for change. We have a responsibility to speak out against injustice, and do the important work of dismantling systemic and...
The Green Party of Canada Statement on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
Statement | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes to Quebecers and all francophone Canadians, for a joyful Fête nationale du Québec and Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. On June 24, Canadians from coast...
Green Party Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Statement | Sunday, 21 Jun 2020OTTAWA – On National Indigenous Peoples Day, Jenica Atwin (MP, Fredericton), Green caucus critic for Indigenous and northern affairs, reminds Canadians that we must accept the truth of Canada’s...
Green Party Statement for UN World Refugee Day
Statement | Friday, 19 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The UN Refugee Agency estimates that there are now almost 80 million forcibly displaced persons including 26 million refugees. On UN World Refugee Day, the Green Party of Canada commits to...
Urgent action on climate is needed to halt dangerous rise in ocean temperatures
Statement | Monday, 08 Jun 2020OTTAWA – Together We Can Protect Our Home, is the theme of this year’s World Oceans Day. Together with other UN member states, Canada has committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs...
Statement for World Environment Day: Biodiversity, the foundation of life on earth
Statement | Friday, 05 Jun 2020OTTAWA – Biodiversity is the theme of the 2020 United Nations World Environment Day. “With one million plant and animal species facing extinction, there has never been a more important time to focus...
Green Party statement regarding Dimitri Lascaris
Statement | Tuesday, 02 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada announced today that it has reversed the decision to exclude Dimitri Lascaris from the party’s leadership contest. “The Leadership Contest Committee heard Mr....
Green Party condemns racism and violence
Statement | Monday, 01 Jun 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is appalled by on-going police brutality against African-American and minority populations in the United States. Protests have broken out across the U.S., in Canada...
Canadian Environment Week: We are confronted by two emergencies
Statement | Monday, 01 Jun 2020OTTAWA – For months Canada and the world have been engulfed in the response to COVID-19. The deadly pandemic has transformed societies, economies and people’s daily lives. Citizens and governments...