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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...
Statement on Baghdad air strike
Statement | Friday, 03 Jan 2020OTTAWA – In light of the air strike carried out by the United States in Iraq, the Green Party of Canada is calling on all parties to reach out to the international community for support in preventing...
Green Party Statement on Christmas
Statement | Wednesday, 25 Dec 2019HALIFAX — The Green Party of Canada extends warm wishes to everyone celebrating the Christmas holiday. “Today, millions of people around the world will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with their...
Green Party Statement on Hanukkah
Statement | Sunday, 22 Dec 2019HALIFAX — From sundown this evening until nightfall on December 30, Jews around the world will light the menorah each night to celebrate Hanukkah, the festival of lights. To commemorate the occasion...