-
Statement on World Food Day
Thursday, 16 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – World Food Day is celebrated each year in honour of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on October 16, 1945. The theme for World Food Day 2014 is “Family...
-
Statement on International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Friday, 26 Sep 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, has issued the following statement for UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons...
-
Green Party of Canada extends best wishes for Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, 24 Sep 2014 - OTTAWA – Rosh Hashanah, the first of the Jewish High Holy Days and the beginning of the Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sundown. Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for...
-
September 22 is Car Free Day
Monday, 22 Sep 2014 - OTTAWA – Today is World Car Free Day, an international day of action to promote alternative modes of transportation and a cleaner environment. “Car Free Day is an opportunity to think critically...
-
Statement on the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks
Thursday, 11 Sep 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, issued the following statement to remember and honour those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001: "...
-
Statement on Labour Day 2014
Monday, 01 Sep 2014 - OTTAWA – On Labour Day, the Green Party of Canada reminds all Canadians of the achievements of the labour movement in this country and around the world, and the threats to workers’ rights that...
-
Statement from the President of the Green Party of Canada
Friday, 01 Aug 2014 - Green Party President, Paul Estrin, today issued the following statement clarifying recent statements made on the Israel–Gaza conflict. (Backgrounder attached) Dear Green Party members and...
-
Statement by Elizabeth May and Bruce Hyer on the Passing of Jim Flaherty
Thursday, 10 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA - On behalf of the Green Party, our members, staff and volunteers, we wish to extend deepest condolences to the family of Jim Flaherty. He was a rare partisan, able to extend a mischievous...
-
With the Harper Administration flailing on C-23, Conservative MPs need to check themselves
Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014 - Yesterday in the House of Commons, Conservative Members of Parliament Pierre Poilievre (Minister of State for Democratic Reform) and Ted Opitz accused Elizabeth May, and the Green Party of Canada, of...
-
Remember Fukushima: Sayonara Nukes
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014 - OTTAWA – Protesters in Tokyo have been demanding that the doomed nuclear reactors in Fukushima remain shut down in anticipation of today’s third anniversary of the disaster. Carrying placards...
