Greens join in multi-party press conference to mark the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons coming into force

January 21, 2021 Tomorrow, January 22, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will come into force. Elizabeth May, Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party of Canada, joined former Ambassador for Disarmament and retired Parliamentarian, the Hon Douglas Roche, Senator Marilou McPhedran and as well as Members of Parliament from the ...

Green MPs Elizabeth May and Jenica Atwin recognized in Maclean’s 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards

January 13, 2021 OTTAWA  –  The Green Party of Canada congratulates Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May on being named Most Knowledgeable and Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin on being named Rising Star in the annual Maclean’s magazine Parliamentarians of the Year awards. “Congratulations to Elizabeth and Jenica on winning these well deserved accolades from their peers,” ...

Green Party condemns steady erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong

January 06, 2021 OTTAWA – Responding to reports that more than 50 of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists have been arrested, the Green Party of Canada condemned the continuing erosion of civil liberties by the city’s pro-Beijing government. “This is the latest attempt by the Chinese government to eliminate civil liberties in the Hong Kong Special ...

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul calls on Prime Minister to Convene Emergency First Ministers Meeting on the Humanitarian Crisis in Long-Term Care

January 05, 2021 OTTAWA  –  The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Prime Minister to convene a meeting of First Ministers to agree on an urgent action plan to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in long-term care (LTC) facilities across Canada. “A humanitarian crisis is an event that is a critical threat to ...

Green Party urges government to move swiftly and implement all Calls to Action recommended in report from TRC

December 17, 2020 OTTAWA  – Five years on, the Green Party of Canada is calling on the federal government to immediately implement the unfulfilled Calls to Action outlined in the 2015 report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls ...

On fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Green Party says Canada still a long way from meeting its most basic obligations

December 12, 2020 OTTAWA  – When 195 countries signed the Paris Agreement on December 12, 2015, it marked a turning point in the global community’s commitment to tackle climate change. By signing this landmark agreement, each country pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), with the goal of keeping the global average temperature increase ...

On the edge of disaster. On the fifth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Global Greens call for action not celebration

Media Release December 11, 2020 BRUSSELS  –  December 12th will be celebrated by the United Nations and the COP26 co-hosts, the Governments of France and the UK, as the fifth birthday of the historic Paris Agreement. Yet there is little  to celebrate. The world is still on track for three degrees of warming. 2020 has ...

Green Party highlights the need for compassion in the repayment of emergency relief benefits

December 05, 2020 OTTAWA – Today, Green Party of Canada MPs have sent a letter to National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier calling on her to ensure that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) takes a compassionate approach to any repayments it is seeking from people who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) in error. In ...

Green caucus votes against Conservative motion

October 21, 2020 TORONTO – “The Green Party of Canada will always choose people over politics”, said Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. “Today, that means that we are voting against the motion to create a special committee. We won’t let people in Canada down by indulging in partisan political games when they need us to ...

Green Party of Canada joins Nova Scotia Greens in condemning the escalating violence against Mi’kmaq fishermen

October 19, 2020 TORONTO – As the conflict in Nova Scotia continues to spiral, the Green Party of Canada and the Green Party of Nova Scotia issued a joint statement condemning the violence and calling on all leaders to join them in denouncing the criminal acts that have occurred, and urged the RCMP, and the ...