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Green Party Statement on World Oceans Day
Statement | Saturday, 08 Jun 2019OTTAWA – 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)...
Canadian Environment Week: Green Party calls for greater effort to protect biodiversity
Statement | Friday, 07 Jun 2019OTTAWA – 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...
It’s time to get serious about getting rid of plastic waste, says Elizabeth May
Statement | Thursday, 06 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- 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...
Green Party Statement on World Environment Day
Statement | Wednesday, 05 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- 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...
Canada saved the ozone layer: it is time to be global leaders again
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- 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...
Green Party Statement on Eid Al-Fitr
Statement | Tuesday, 04 Jun 2019OTTAWA – 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...
All Canadians must work together on MMIW recommendations, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Monday, 03 Jun 2019June 3, 2019 OTTAWA -- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said today that she accepts the key findings of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous woman, including that the ongoing impacts of...
Green Party Statement for Canadian Environment Week
Statement | Monday, 03 Jun 2019OTTAWA -- 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...
Mission: Possible - Clarification of Green Party's Energy Transition Plan
Statement | Thursday, 30 May 2019MONTREAL -- 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:...
In Canada, a new MP; in Europe, an election surge. The global Green Wave is gathering momentum, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Monday, 27 May 2019OTTAWA -- On the same day Paul Manly was sworn in as Canada’s second elected Green Party MP, Greens across Europe were celebrating historic results in elections for the European Parliament. Greens...