We are proud to have been the only political party represented at the demonstration against the Islamophobic group Piegdia in the Petit Maghreb district on Saturday afternoon.
We experienced an extraordinary moment of solidarity when our demonstration merged with a demonstration against austerity.
These two struggles, as well as the fight...
Today, the Montreal Police Force has completely prevented the Extinction Rébellion demonstration from taking to the streets.
The police officers outnumbered the demonstrators and some of them were heavily armed.
I condemn this police repression of the environmental movement.
Alex Tyrrell
Leader of the Green Party of Quebec
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The Green Party of Quebec is announcing our support for the student movement and all those who stand up to protect public services against the neo-liberal austerity regime imposed by Philippe Couillard's Liberal government.
Alex Tyrrell, leader of the GPQ, was among the strikers at Concordia today, the university where...
Alex Tyrrell speaks in the Montreal City Council chamber at the Public Safety Commission meeting called for the purpose of examining police interventions in Montreal protests. He condemns the excessive use of force by the Montreal police and calls on the police to use de-escalation rather than violence.
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Demonstration against the proposed nuclear waste dump project at a site one kilometre from the Ottawa River.
If the project goes ahead, the portable water of thousands of Quebecers and Ontarians will be at risk of long-term contamination.
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Alex Tyrrell issued the following statement on November 13, 2019
The Mayor of Montreal has just announced that the city will abolish their highly controversial anti-protest by-law known as P-6.
As someone who has been arbitrarily arrested, searched and handcuffed behind...
The Green Party of Quebec condemns the decision of the UQAM administration to use the courts, police services and political expulsions to oppress the political expression of its students and professors.
"The actions taken by the provincial government and the UQAM administration are aimed at systematically oppressing the right of...
Alex Tyrrell speaks in the Montreal City Council chamber at a Public Safety Commission hearing called to discuss the use of rubber bullets by the Montreal Police. Alex Tyrrell called for an end to the use of rubber bullets as they can be lethal.
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On 19 March 2013, I was illegally and arbitrarily arrested, searched, handcuffed behind my back for hours and detained for almost 6 hours all for peacefully protesting the indexation of tuition fees imposed by the Parti Québecois government.
Today, five years later, the court of appeal has just confirmed that...