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Green Party calls on Moe to hit the brakes on nuclear plans in Saskatchewan
Media Release | Monday, 09 May 2022REGINA – Green Party of Canada interim Leader Amita Kuttner has joined her Saskatchewan Green Party counterpart Naomi Hunter in calling on Premier Scott Moe to abandon his push to bring nuclear...
Statement on Earth Day 2022
Statement | Friday, 22 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The first Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, 1970, was an optimistic event. We had seen the Earth from space, realized that environmental issues were increasingly important and accepted that...
Green Party responds to Budget 2022
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The federal government’s Budget 2022 makes some promising commitments for legislation that aims to help Canadians with affordability but ignores the reality of the climate crisis, impacting...
Statement on World Health Day 2022
Statement | Thursday, 07 Apr 2022OTTAWA – This year’s World Health Day theme – Our Planet Our Health – is a timely reminder of the inextricable link between human health and environmental health. Canada witnessed tragic evidence of...
Latest climate report shows that Canada is on the wrong side of history
Media Release | Monday, 04 Apr 2022OTTAWA – The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released today delivers a stark warning that Canada and the world must rapidly abandon fossil fuels or face...
Being trans and visible on the political stage
Statement | Thursday, 31 Mar 2022Statement by Green Party of Canada interim Leader Amita Kuttner on Transgender Day of Visibility March 31, 2022 OTTAWA – It’s an honour beyond belief and expectation to be the first openly trans and...
Budget 2022 no time for austerity, says Green Party
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling for increased spending to address the climate emergency, the housing crisis, and persistent holes in Canada’s social safety net when Finance Minister Chrystia...
This “net zero” Emissions Reduction Plan is designed to fail, says Green Party
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The long-awaited Emissions Reduction Plan released today by Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is yet more proof that the government has not grasped the scale of the...
Statement on Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement
Statement | Wednesday, 23 Mar 2022OTTAWA – The interim Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Amita Kuttner, today issued the following statement: “To the extent that it signals a willingness for political parties to put aside partisan...
Green Party hosts first public event with Leader and MPs since federal election
Media Release | Thursday, 17 Mar 2022OTTAWA – Green Party interim Leader Amita Kuttner will join MPs Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) and Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre) March 24 for the party’s first public event since last year’s...