The Green party of Canada supports a call for an ad-free CBC and new content rules for international streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. “The epic rise of international streaming services has outdated current regulations and threatened to diminish robust investment in Canadian programming. Let’s hope the government implements these recommendations expediently, so that Canadian … Read more
At a press conference, Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.), and Green MPs Jenica Atwin (Fredericton, N.B.) and Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) spoke of the Green Party’s concerns over the degree to which regulators and policy makers are influenced by major corporations. “While the SNC-Lavalin affair cast some light on the degree of corporate influence and access of this … Read more
The Green Party of Canada is calling for the federal government to recall the RCMP detachment sent into Wet’suwet’en territory last year. Green MP Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) traveled to Wet’suwet’en territory over the weekend and met with hereditary clan chiefs as well as RCMP officers stationed in the area. Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (MP, … Read more
The Green Party of Canada is supporting calls by prairie grain farmers to exempt 2019 grain drying operations from the carbon tax. Last year’s unusually wet fall harvest forced producers to dry their grain to prevent spoilage, an expensive process made even more so by the carbon tax on fuel. “We support the grain producers of … Read more
Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) described the failed talks in Madrid as “far from the worst, but a phenomenal failure to meet the demands of science, the peoples of the world and particularly the children of the school strike movement. We have failed Greta Thunberg and all she inspires,” she said. “I … Read more
The Green Party of Canada welcomes the improvements to the Canada-United States-Mexico-Agreement, but still sees flaws. “[This agreement] does strengthen labour and environmental standards,” said International Trade critic Paul Manly (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) welcoming the elimination of investor state dispute settlement provisions, and the proportionality clause for energy exports. “The proposed patent extension on biologic drugs has been … Read more
The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Liberal cabinet to reject a proposal by Teck Resources to develop a giant open-pit oil sands mine in Alberta. “Going ahead with construction of the Frontier mine would contribute six megatons of CO2 per year from production alone,” said Green Party Interim Leader Jo-Ann Roberts. “This would seriously … Read more
The Green Party expressed cautious optimism but disappointment in the lack of specifics in key policy areas in the throne speech. “While the Green Party applauds the government for acknowledging the call by Canadians to address issues like climate change, health care, housing affordability and Indigenous rights, we are disappointed in the lack of urgency … Read more
The Green Party of Canada is challenging a plan by the premiers of Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick to invest in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. Premiers Scott Moe, Doug Ford and Blaine Higgs propose that SMNRs will replace the carbon tax as a cost effective way to reduce carbon emissions. “This is not a solution … Read more
The Green Party of Canada welcomes the appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of Mark Carney as Special Envoy on Climate Change and Finance. In a ground-breaking speech to Lloyds of London in 2015, Carney brought to the world’s attention the likelihood of most of the world’s fossil fuel assets becoming “stranded, ” (i.e. … Read more
