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Canadian leaders conspicuously absent from UN Climate Action summit
Monday, 23 Sep 2019 - OTTAWA – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called world leaders to New York today for a special UN session on the climate emergency. He has told them not to come to the podium without “...
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Green Party commits to more funding for mental health
Monday, 23 Sep 2019 - FREDERICTON, 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...
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Green Party calls for decriminalization of drugs to deal with opioid crisis
Saturday, 21 Sep 2019 - WINNIPEG – 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...
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Getting Canada moving in the right direction: Green Party unveils sweeping plan to revamp transportation
Friday, 20 Sep 2019 - CALGARY – 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...
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Green Party calls for reform of cannabis regulations
Thursday, 19 Sep 2019 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Expanded access to dental care imperative for good health care, says Green Party
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Securing your data - Green Party makes privacy protection a priority
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019 - WATERLOO — 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...
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Green Party unveils bold vision for Canada in 2019 Platform: Honest. Ethical. Caring. Leadership
Monday, 16 Sep 2019 - TORONTO — 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...
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Greg Malone appointed as Green Party’s Health Critic
Saturday, 14 Sep 2019 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Greens name Cape Breton author and former Ottawa city councilor as east coast fisheries critic
Thursday, 12 Sep 2019 - OTTAWA — 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...
