I'm on my way to Gaspésie to join the solidarity camp against the activities of the oil company Junex!
Within the next few weeks, Junex and a government fund for the development of NON RENEWABLE resources (named Resources Québec) are getting ready to drill the Galt 6 well potentially requiring...
What better way to start the week than a protest to save local wetlands?
This morning, I was outside the Montréal courthouse to support the Coalition Verte - Green Coalition and TechnoparcOiseaux who are beginning a three week trial to stop the city of Montreal from distorting some of the most bio diverse wetlands...
Green Party of Quebec leader Alex Tyrrell issued the following statement in response to the Kanehsatake hunger strike by Al Harrington as it enters its 14th day.
« We call on the Legault government to implement a short term moratorium on development of the Kanien’keh home lands in Kanehsatake and to immediately pursue a...
For recycling fees on electronics, automobiles, and any other product that can be recycled.
The current situation with electronics recycling is sad. We are sending solvent con tenants full of electronic waste to the third world to be dismantled by people in poverty, in toxic conditions, to the detriment of...
Alex Tyrrell Visits « Technoparc » Wetlands With GPC Candidate Georgia Kokotsis + Activists
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This morning, I visited the wetlands located in what the government calls the "Technoparc" of Montreal with Green Party of Canada candidate for Saint-Lurent Georgia Kokotsis, as well! as environmentalists Jim Harris, François Riou, and Joël Coutu
For several years, the Green Parties of Quebec and Canada have been advocating for the protection...
Alex Tyrrell Congratulates Restigouche Southeast and Mayor François Boulay On Victory Against Gastem
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I would like to offer my most sincere congratulations to François Boulay and the municipality of Restigouche Southeast for their landslide victory over Gastem oil.
In January 2013, this small Gaspesian municipality of 157 inhabitants adopted a bylaw that prohibited oil drilling within 2km of drinking water sources. The deregulation...
This morning, I announced that the Green Party of Quebec supports Elizabeth May's call for federal government intervention to protect the endangered species in proximity to the Saint-Laurent Technoparc.
In this case, as well as the case of the chorus frog in La Prairie and the Belugas of the Saint-Lawrence,...
The CAQ government recently announced that it would end hydrocarbon exploration and development in Quebec. This is good news for the environment and a good step in the right direction to address the climate crisis and to engage in a true green transition.
Moreover, the exploitation of hydrocarbons has never...
Today, I went to the office of Minister Isabelle Melançon, also a candidate in Verdun, to denounce her complicity in the Quebec government's decision to allow oil drilling in Quebec's lakes and rivers.
A responsible society cannot tolerate such acts that go against the interests of citizens. We urge the...