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Greens to focus on the degree of corporate influence over government decision making
Media Release | Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020OTTAWA -- As Parliament gears up for a winter spring session, the three Green Members of Parliament will track and expose the degree to which regulators and policy makers are captured by major...
Green Party calls on Trudeau and Horgan to respect Wet’suwet’en rights
Media Release | Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020VICTORIA, B.C. — The Green Party of Canada is calling for the federal government to recall the RCMP detachment sent into Wet’suwet’en territory last year. Green MP Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)...
Green Party backs farmers in bid for carbon tax break on 2019 grain drying
Media Release | Monday, 20 Jan 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is supporting calls by prairie grain farmers to exempt 2019 grain drying operations from the carbon tax. Last year’s unusually wet fall harvest forced producers to...
MP Paul Manly will travel to Wet’suwet’en territory this weekend
Media Release | Saturday, 18 Jan 2020NANAIMO, B.C. – Green Party MP Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) will travel to Wet’suwet’en territory on Sunday morning to meet with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs protesting the Coastal GasLink...
Green Party supports Canadian engagement in resolving Venezuela crisis
Media Release | Thursday, 16 Jan 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party is welcoming the federal government’s offer to convene high-level talks aimed at resolving the continuing political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In a letter to...
Green Party says Canadians should have a role in plane crash investigation
Media Release | Friday, 10 Jan 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling on the federal government to use all diplomatic channels at its disposal to ensure that Canadian authorities are involved in the official investigation...
Green Party stands with Wet’suwet’en chiefs in opposing gas pipeline
Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada welcomes the decision by Coastal GasLink (CGL) to remove its workers from Wet’suwet’en territory in response to an eviction notice issued by five hereditary chiefs...
COP25 reveals the desperate need for political courage - Greens' Elizabeth May
Media Release | Monday, 16 Dec 2019MADRID — Speaking on Monday morning, following talks in Madrid, Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), described the talks as "far from the worst, but a...
Green Party cautiously welcomes new CUSMA trade deal
Media Release | Friday, 13 Dec 2019OTTAWA — The Green Party of Canada welcomes the improvements in the final NAFTA 2.1 (officially the Canada-United States-Mexico-Agreement, or CUSMA) signed this week in Mexico, but still sees flaws...
Green Party calls on Trudeau cabinet to reject Teck Frontier oil sands project
Media Release | Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019OTTAWA — The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Trudeau cabinet to reject a proposal by Teck Resources to develop a giant open-pit oil sands mine in Alberta. “Going ahead with construction of...