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Celebrating Life Apart At Easter
Statement | Sunday, 12 Apr 2020OTTAWA – Easter will be very different for many Christians this year. They will not be gathering in churches or having large family get-togethers around the dining room table as physical distancing...
Green Party Statement on Passover
Statement | Wednesday, 08 Apr 2020OTTAWA – At sundown this evening Jews in Canada and around the world begin the eight-day celebration of Passover, the festival of freedom. This special time commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from...
Green Party Statement for UN World Health Day
Statement | Tuesday, 07 Apr 2020OTTAWA – Since 1950, UN World Health Day has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO). Seventy years on, as...
Green Party Statement on World Water Day
Statement | Sunday, 22 Mar 2020OTTAWA – As the world is fully engaged in responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we must not lose track of other key issues. The theme of the 2020 United Nations World Water Day is: Water and...
Green Party of Canada statement on International Francophonie Day
Statement | Friday, 20 Mar 2020OTTAWA – Today, on the 50th anniversary of the Journée internationale de la Francophonie, the Green Party of Canada celebrates the Francophonie in all its aspects and diversity. Green MP Jenica...
Green Party Statement for International Women’s Day
Statement | Sunday, 08 Mar 2020OTTAWA – The theme of the 2020 International Women’s Day is Each for Equal – an equal world is an enabled world. While progress has been made on gender equality in Canada, there is still much work to...
Green Party Statement for Black History Month
Statement | Saturday, 01 Feb 2020OTTAWA – The theme of Canada’s 24th annual Black History month, which begins today is: Canadians of African Descent: Going forward, guided by the past. “We have come a long way in the 25 years since...
Green Party Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statement | Monday, 27 Jan 2020OTTAWA – This year is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Holocaust. In 2020, we will also celebrate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations...
Green Party of Canada celebrates Chinese New Year
Statement | Saturday, 25 Jan 2020OTTAWA — Across Canada and around the world, Chinese communities will begin their New Year celebrations today to welcome the Year of the Rat. Sometimes referred to as the Spring Festival (Lunar New...
The Green Party of Canada welcomes the landmark ruling by the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) relating to the Rohingya.
Statement | Friday, 24 Jan 2020OTTAWA — In 2019, The Gambia submitted an application against Myanmar to the ICJ, alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and seeking...