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Greens call for national review of airport authority mandates
Media Release | Wednesday, 31 Jan 2024OTTAWA - The Ottawa International Airport Authority (OIAA) has moved forward with the destruction of a 10-acre red pine forest on Hunt Club Road despite widespread community opposition. Over 20,000...
Northvolt Project: Destroying our environment won't help save it, says Green Party
Media Release | Wednesday, 31 Jan 2024OTTAWA - Today, the Green Party of Canada expresses deep concern about the Northvolt battery plant project, which involves construction on a heavily contaminated site along the Richelieu River. The...
NDP, Liberals Betray Young Canadians, Delay Green Jobs Until 2040
Media Release | Monday, 29 Jan 2024OTTAWA - As climate leaders and advocates from around the world gathered in Dubai to take stock of the progress in the fight against climate change, the NDP and Liberal party bowed down to...
Greens Call on Canada to Respect ICJ Decision and for an Arms Embargo
Statement | Friday, 26 Jan 2024OTTAWA - On the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision concerning the Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), the Green Party of Canada urges...
Protecting BC’s Giant Trees Shouldn’t Land Anyone in Jail, Green Party Says (la version française suit)
Statement | Tuesday, 23 Jan 2024On January 18, 2024, the Honourable Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC) convicted Angela Davidson (Rainbow Eyes), the Green Party of Canada’s former deputy...
Kevin MacKenzie to run in Durham
Media Release | Monday, 22 Jan 2024Kevin MacKenzie won the nomination race and will be the Green Party of Canada candidate in the upcoming by-election in Durham. Kevin’s passionate commitment to giving back to his community is deeply...
Green Party Advocates for Urgent Extension and Expansion of the Greener Homes Grant Program
Media Release | Monday, 22 Jan 2024OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada continues to urgently call on the federal government to take immediate action to both replenish and expand the Greener Homes Grant Program. The Greener Homes Grant...
CEBA Loan Repayment Deadline Must be Extended, Greens say
Statement | Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada doubles down on its calls to the NDP-backed Liberal government to urgently extend the CEBA loan repayment deadline. We stand in solidarity with the thousands of...
Greens Call for Parliamentary Inquiry into the RCMP and the 2020 Nova Scotia Killings
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Jan 2024OTTAWA - As reported recently the Canadian Press, the RCMP have missed their own internal deadline to implement the 130 recommendations of the Mass Casualty Commission. The Commission was created to...
Green Party Statement on Palestine and the Primacy of International Law
Statement | Tuesday, 09 Jan 2024OTTAWA - Netanyahu’s siege and military operation on Gaza have wounded over 50,000 and killed more than 20,000 civilians - most of them children and women - and subject millions to life-threatening...