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Green Party commits to more funding for mental health
Media Release | Monday, 23 Sep 2019FREDERICTON, NB – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May today called for new and stronger support for mental health care in Canada. The party’s 2019 platform includes a progressive funding regime and a...
Green Party calls for decriminalization of drugs to deal with opioid crisis
Media Release | Saturday, 21 Sep 2019WINNIPEG – The Green Party of Canada is calling for drug possession to be decriminalized to deal with the devastating toll of the opioid crisis. The Canadian Institute for Health Information reports...
Getting Canada moving in the right direction: Green Party unveils sweeping plan to revamp transportation
Media Release | Friday, 20 Sep 2019CALGARY – Canada’s transportation sector is not getting Canadians where they need to be. It already produces over a quarter of Canada’s climate pollution, and that is growing – a major factor in...
Green Party calls for reform of cannabis regulations
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Sep 2019OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling for big changes to the regulatory framework governing the production and sale of cannabis in Canada. “A year after the passage of the cannabis...
Expanded access to dental care imperative for good health care, says Green Party
Media Release | Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019OTTAWA – Dental care is health care. In a country with a universal single-payer health care system, everyone should have access to dental care. A recent report from the Canadian Academy of Health...
Securing your data - Green Party makes privacy protection a priority
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019WATERLOO — As corporations and states use increasingly invasive means to collect, store and utilize personal information about our day to day lives for profit, data protection is emerging as one of...
Green Party unveils bold vision for Canada in 2019 Platform: Honest. Ethical. Caring. Leadership
Media Release | Monday, 16 Sep 2019TORONTO — Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May launched the party’s 2019 election platform today – a bold vision for a just, prosperous and sustainable Canada arrived at through Honest, Ethical...
Greg Malone appointed as Green Party’s Health Critic
Media Release | Saturday, 14 Sep 2019OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) has named Greg Malone (Avalon, NL) as critic for health on the party’s Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Cabinet develops positions based on...
Greens name Cape Breton author and former Ottawa city councilor as east coast fisheries critic
Media Release | Thursday, 12 Sep 2019OTTAWA — Leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) has appointed Clive Doucet (candidate for Cape Breton-Canso) as critic for east coast fisheries on the party’s Shadow Cabinet...
Elizabeth May launches the Green Party’s 2019 campaign in Victoria, B.C.
Media Release | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019SIDNEY, B.C. — Leader of the Green Party Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) will officially launch the party’s 2019 campaign from a downtown hotel in Victoria, B.C. tomorrow. The campaign theme...