The Green Party of Canada calls on the Trudeau administration to strengthen Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction targets ahead of next month’s UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP25). A recent report by the UN Environmental Programme notes that under the current Liberal policies, Canada will be at least 15 per cent above the required target to keep … Read more
The Green Party of Canada stands with the Pictou Landing First Nation, the fishers and a coalition of local organizations including the Town of Pictou, who are urging the Nova Scotia government to reject Northern Pulp’s proposal for a new effluent treatment facility. “I call on new Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Bernadette Jordan (South … Read more
The Green Party of Canada has a mixed reaction to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s (Papineau, Que.) cabinet appointments. “We were very happy to see President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) at the swearing in and we hope that he is on the way to a full recovery,” said Green Party Interim … Read more
The Green Party of Canada is alarmed by the rising levels of violence, detentions and deaths in Bolivia. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights attribute the most recent deaths to the “disproportionate use of force” by the Bolivian army and police. There are also reports of … Read more
News that Tesla will build a third “gigafactory” in Germany demonstrates how aggressive climate policy can drive investment and create jobs. “While Canada lags behind the industrialized world in climate policy, we are missing economic opportunities,” said Green Party Interim Leader Jo-Ann Roberts. “Building pipelines and subsidizing fossil fuels sends the wrong message to the world. If … Read more
For the first time, the Green Party of Canada is sending a three-member caucus to the House of Commons. Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) observed that the climate crisis will impact every aspect of people’s lives, from security to health to immigration. “We will also press the Prime Minister to make good on his 2015 … Read more
The Green Party of Canada’s historic wins in Canada’s 43rd election saw the party almost double its share of the popular vote to 6.5 per cent and make it to the million-vote barrier for the first time. “This election was one of the most critical in Canadian history,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) highlighted that a Green government will make sure the 2019 election is the last first-past-the-post election. By March next year, it will launch a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform with a mandate to make recommendations to parliament on an electoral system that will make every vote count. “Canada is among … Read more
A Green government will work to restructure global trade relations to address climate change and social justice imperatives. “How is it that Canada’s two most polluting industries, fossil fuels and mineral extraction, are the main beneficiaries of trade agreements like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement?” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, … Read more
The Green Party of Canada has submitted a formal complaint to Canada’s Elections Commissioner regarding the failure of partisan “media project” PressProgress to register as a third party. Press Progress, a project of the NDP-alligned Broadbent Institute, has distributed pamphlets in Vancouver Island ridings which contain misleading claims about Green policies. “The Broadbent Institute is not above the … Read more
