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Canada’s Reckless Attitude at COP27 Must Not Repeat at COP15
Statement | Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022Canada is a repeat offender. Since the Kyoto Protocol was signed – 25 years ago – Canada has met none of its global climate action commitments. It is strange that we would now be rewarded with...
Green Party of Canada increases its voter share by over 45% in Mississauga-Lakeshore by-election
Statement | Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022(Mississauga-Lakeshore, December 14, 2022) – In a by-election marked by cold weather, short days and an absentee Leader of the Official Opposition, Green Party candidate Mary Kidnew brought solid...
750 Year-old slab cut from B.C. old-growth forest enroute to COP15
Statement | Thursday, 08 Dec 2022Indigenous-run Group Demands Government Protection for Ancient Forests Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek - Three Indigenous women and their allies, known as the Dzunuḵ̓wa Society, are headed to Montreal for the...
Green Party urges feds to better regulate high-THC cannabis
Statement | Monday, 28 Nov 2022In October 2018, the Government of Canada legalized marijuana, making it readily available to the public. But the cannabis produced and sold since legalization is a completely different beast than...
Green Party of Canada Statement on Forestry Management and Biodiversity Loss
Statement | Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022Tsatsisnukwomi, Da’naxda’xw – The Green Party of Canada is bringing attention to the growing biodiversity crisis caused partly by the global forestry industry operating in Canada and is calling on...
Greens call for a long-term national strategy for managing COVID-19
Statement | Wednesday, 02 Nov 2022Ottawa, ON - The COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that has taken more than 6 million lives, including nearly 47,000 Canadians, is showing no sign of waning. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are on the...
Greens warn of impending water disasters
Statement | Thursday, 20 Oct 2022Green Party of Canada Interim Leader Dr. Amita Kuttner and Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich Gulf Islands spoke out today about the disasters possibly expected this weekend. “After over 100 days of...
Building for resilience to intensifying cascading climate disasters
Statement | Thursday, 13 Oct 2022VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today marks UN International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, a day to acknowledge progress being made on the international agreement to reduce risk and loss to disasters. This year’s...
Green Party of Canada Statement on the Inflationary Crisis
Statement | Wednesday, 05 Oct 2022MONTREAL, QC – Inflation is hurting Canadians in every community across the country with more families than ever seeking help from food banks and other community support non-profit organizations. As...
Green Party of Canada Statement on World Habitat Day
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Oct 2022Today is UN World Habitat Day and this year’s theme is Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind. This idea is extremely relevant to Canadians as we are forced to confront the ongoing spread of...