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Green Party Statement on World Oceans Day
Saturday, 08 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – UN World Ocean Day this year focuses the world’s attention on two daunting challenges: gender equality and plastic pollution. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands)...
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Canadian Environment Week: Green Party calls for greater effort to protect biodiversity
Friday, 07 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – Last month’s report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) delivered this stark warning: “Nature is declining globally at rates...
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It’s time to get serious about getting rid of plastic waste, says Elizabeth May
Thursday, 06 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA -- Despite widespread adoption of municipal blue box initiatives, only about 11 per cent of plastic waste is recycled in Canada. Although a recent CBC poll found that 82 per cent of Canadians...
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Green Party Statement on World Environment Day
Wednesday, 05 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA -- Since its inception in 1974, the UN World Environment Day has become a global platform for public outreach that is celebrated in over 100 countries. The goal of the initiative is to...
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Canada saved the ozone layer: it is time to be global leaders again
Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA -- Thirty-two years ago, Canada led the charge in global efforts to forge a treaty to save the ozone layer. Even though forces in the White House attempted to derail the treaty at the last...
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Green Party Statement on Eid Al-Fitr
Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – The sighting of the new moon this evening ushers in the month of Shawwal and heralds the beginning of Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end of the month-long observance of Ramadan...
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Green Party Statement for Canadian Environment Week
Monday, 03 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA -- It’s Environment Week in Canada, a time when Canadians are encouraged to participate in environmental activities and discover ways in which they can become more actively involved in...
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Mission: Possible - Clarification of Green Party's Energy Transition Plan
Thursday, 30 May 2019 - MONTREAL -- The Green Party of Canada is issuing the following statement to clarify points relating to energy transition included in Mission: Possible - The Green Climate Action Plan. Mission:...
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Green Party Statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Friday, 17 May 2019 - OTTAWA -- On May 17, 1990 homosexuality was removed from the World Health Organization’s list of mental disorders. In 2003, Fondation Émergence created the first national day against homophobia, and...
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Green Party Statement on Ramadan
Sunday, 05 May 2019 - OTTAWA -- The sighting of the new moon this evening will herald the beginning of Ramadan, a sacred observance that will continue for 30 days, ending at sundown on June 4 with the celebration of Eid...
