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Greens call on politicians to respect civil disobedience
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – Green MP’s held a press conference today to denounce the growing trend to demonize Canadians taking part in non-violent civil disobedience for climate action. On the floor of the House of...
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Greens call on Public Health Agency to implement more robust protections for front-line health-care workers
Thursday, 05 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is urging the federal government and the Public Health Agency of Canada to implement more robust protections for front-line health-care workers dealing with the...
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Green Party welcomes progress between the Wet’suwet’en and the federal and provincial governments
Monday, 02 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – The Green Party welcomed news that considerable progress has been achieved during talks between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and B....
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Teck has seen the writing on the wall; the real emergency is the climate emergency, says Green Party
Tuesday, 25 Feb 2020 - OTTAWA – Teck Resources’ abrupt withdrawal from the massive Frontier oil sands project has ignited an emergency debate in the House of Commons today. The Green Party of Canada is pleased but not...
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Greens ask government to invest in people and the planet
Thursday, 20 Feb 2020 - OTTAWA – Unprecedented times call for extraordinary budget measures, members of the federal Green Party caucus said today. Parliamentary leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) and Green MPs...
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Green Party calls for demographic adjustment in federal health transfer
Friday, 14 Feb 2020 - FREDERICTON – Green Party MP Jenica Atwin (Fredericton) said today that proposed sweeping changes to the health care system in New Brunswick are indicative of the challenges facing New Brunswick’s...
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Green Party caucus condemns injunction enforcement in Wet’suwet’en territory
Thursday, 06 Feb 2020 - OTTAWA - Today’s enforcement action in Wet’suwet’en territory is another humiliating stain on Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. At 5 a.m. this morning, the RCMP moved into Wet’suwet’en...
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Green Party of Canada Caucus in Favour of the Opposition Motion
Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020 - OTTAWA - The Green Party Caucus will be voting in favour of the Conservative opposition motion in the House of Commons today. Yesterday the Conservative Party presented the Opposition Motion that a)...
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Premier McNeil Announces No Extension for Boat Harbour
Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020 - December 21, 2019 HALIFAX – Christmas came early for Pictou Landing First Nation. Premier Stephen McNeil announced there will be no extension to the Boat Harbour Act. This means the effluent...
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Greens excited about leadership contest
Monday, 03 Feb 2020 - CHARLOTTETOWN – The contest to choose a new leader for the Green Party has started! It begins today at the Delta hotel in Charlottetown where it will finish eight months from now during the first...
