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Greens support medical treatment in Canada for 100 wounded Gazan children
Media Release | Tuesday, 05 Aug 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada supports the humanitarian campaign led by Palestinian-Canadian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish to bring 100 seriously wounded Gazan children to Canada for medical treatment...
Staking the moral high ground – why the Green Party exists
Blog | Saturday, 02 Aug 2014What follows is my original piece rebutting the National Post editorial. The NP editors requested cuts and changes which I accepted. Still, on reflection, the edits lost much content, particularly in...
Statement from the President of the Green Party of Canada
Statement | Friday, 01 Aug 2014Green Party President, Paul Estrin, today issued the following statement clarifying recent statements made on the Israel–Gaza conflict. (Backgrounder attached) Dear Green Party members and...
Excerpt on Israel-Gaza conflict from Elizabeth May's 2014 Convention Keynote Address
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014"I want to at least touch on what’s happening right now in Israel and Gaza, and the Palestinian people and the Israeli people and say, from the bottom of my heart, that Israeli children and...
Greens conclude successful 2014 Convention
Media Release | Monday, 21 Jul 2014FREDERICTON -- As the Green Party of Canada's 2014 Convention draws to a close, Greens from across Canada celebrate a productive weekend of rebuilding Canadian democracy. Hundreds of Green delegates...
Greens call for federal intervention to save NB Morgentaler Clinic
Media Release | Friday, 18 Jul 2014Fredericton - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich Gulf Islands, today urges federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose to intervene to defend women's rights in New...
Greens to hold national Convention in Fredericton to chart course to 2015
Media Release | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014OTTAWA – Hundreds of Green Party members from across Canada will come together in Fredericton New Brunswick this weekend, July 18-20 for the Green Party of Canada’s 2014 Convention. From July 18 to...
Guaranteed Livable income
Backgrounder | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2014The Green Party is deeply concerned about the widening income gap, and the steadily increasing numbers of people trapped in the low-wage economy – workers, especially our young, who are struggling to...
How not to protect the lives of sex trade workers
Blog | Friday, 11 Jul 2014The ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada was pretty clear in the Bedford case. The laws were preventing women (and men) in the business of selling sex from being unacceptably vulnerable to...
Greens call on Israeli and Palestinian leadership to end hostilities and protect civilians
Media Release | Friday, 11 Jul 2014“We need to immediately put a stop to this terrible cycle of violence which is killing innocent Israeli and Palestinian children.” – Elizabeth May (OTTAWA) July 11, 2014 – Green Party of Canada...