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Green Party Statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Statement | Friday, 17 May 2019OTTAWA -- On May 17, 1990 homosexuality was removed from the World Health Organization’s list of mental disorders. In 2003, Fondation Émergence created the first national day against homophobia, and...
Green Party Leader calls out Senate committee for not proceeding with Bill C-48
Media Release | Thursday, 16 May 2019OTTAWA -- On Wednesday, the Senate committee on transportation recommended against proceeding with Bill C-48, which would enact an oil tanker moratorium along the northern coast of B.C. C-48 would...
Elizabeth May unveils Mission: Possible – the Green Climate Action Plan
Media Release | Thursday, 16 May 2019OTTAWA -- The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that any rise in global average temperature above 1.5 degrees C will mean losing our hospitable biosphere. Extraordinary...
What's possible after Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Blog | Wednesday, 08 May 2019Dear voters, Possible. That is the word we will bring forward from the Nanaimo-Ladysmith by-election. Possible. When we talk about a low-carbon future. When we talk about an equal and fair...
The Green Wave gathers momentum as Paul Manly sweeps to victory in Nanaimo-Ladysmith!
Media Release | Tuesday, 07 May 2019SIDNEY, B.C. -- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich Gulf-Islands) hailed the dawn of a new era in federal politics after Green candidate Paul Manly’s historic victory in the Nanaimo-...
Green Party Statement on Ramadan
Statement | Sunday, 05 May 2019OTTAWA -- The sighting of the new moon this evening will herald the beginning of Ramadan, a sacred observance that will continue for 30 days, ending at sundown on June 4 with the celebration of Eid...
"Why I left the NDP and joined the Greens"
Blog | Friday, 03 May 2019Bruce Hyer is a biologist and forester and small business person (ecotourism) from Thunder Bay, where he was the MP from 2008-2015. On May 6, Nanaimo-Ladysmith will go to the polls to choose a new MP...
Statement on UN World Press Freedom Day
Statement | Friday, 03 May 2019OTTAWA -- It’s been a deadly year for journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 58 journalists died on assignment, and 37 of those were murdered. The brutal murder of Washington...
Greens make big gains and P.E.I. politics will never be the same
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019OTTAWA -- Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May has congratulated her P.E.I. counterpart Peter Bevan-Baker on the party’s history-making result in tonight’s provincial election. Bevan-Baker and...
Green Party of Canada statement for Earth Day
Statement | Monday, 22 Apr 2019OTTAWA -- The first Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, 1970, is widely credited with launching the global environmental movement. Nearly 50 years later, we face a global climate emergency and species...