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Green Party Statement on Passover
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2020 - OTTAWA – At sundown this evening Jews in Canada and around the world begin the eight-day celebration of Passover, the festival of freedom. This special time commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from...
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Green Party Statement for UN World Health Day
Tuesday, 07 Apr 2020 - OTTAWA – Since 1950, UN World Health Day has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO). Seventy years on, as...
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Green Party Statement on World Water Day
Sunday, 22 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Green Party of Canada statement on International Francophonie Day
Friday, 20 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Green Party Statement for International Women’s Day
Sunday, 08 Mar 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Green Party Statement for Black History Month
Saturday, 01 Feb 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Green Party Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, 27 Jan 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
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Green Party of Canada celebrates Chinese New Year
Saturday, 25 Jan 2020 - OTTAWA — 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...
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The Green Party of Canada welcomes the landmark ruling by the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) relating to the Rohingya.
Friday, 24 Jan 2020 - OTTAWA — 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...
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Statement on Baghdad air strike
Friday, 03 Jan 2020 - OTTAWA – 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...
