I arrived in Calgary, Alberta, ahead of the Green Party of Canada's "special general meeting" called precisely to overturn the BDS resolution passed by members at the party's annual convention last August in Ottawa.
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Aujourd'hui, j'ai prononcé un discours politique sur les marches de l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta ! En direct de l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta pour dénoncer Jason Kenney, les sables bitumineux et l'industrie pétrolière !
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Good news! The Green Party of Canada's position on the oil sands has changed!
The official platform released today cancels the party's long-standing support for the construction of new oil sands refineries. Nor does the document mention the...
Today, I'm launching a petition with Green Party of Canada members from coast to coast to ask Elizabeth May to take a clear stand against the Alberta tar sands.
Continued tar sands extraction until 2050 and beyond will contribute significantly to global warming...
I was on CKUT 90.3 FM earlier this week to talk about the Alberta tar sands, proportional representation in Quebec and climate change!
Thanks to Ryan N. Young for inviting me on his Ecolibrium show!
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Thank you to Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta, and the dozens of Green Party members who came to talk about extractivism and the real costs of the oil sands tonight at the Edmonton Public Library!
Contrary to popular belief in the rest of Canada, it...
Today, we flew around Alberta's oil sands. This global industrial project has replaced a once-thriving boreal forest with a mixture of toxic surfaces and tailings ponds.
Before coming here in person, I knew things were bad, but...
I had some great conversations with my fellow provincial Green Party leaders this weekend in Calgary!
From left to right in this photo, we have Peter Bevan-Baker from PEI, myself from Quebec, Mike Schreiner from Ontario, Janet Keeping from Alberta, Shawn Setyo from Saskatchewan and James...
Today in the House of Commons, Green Party MP Paul Manly (B.C.) used his first question since the election to denounce the Alberta oil sands, and more specifically the approval of the new Teck Frontier oil sands expansion project.
On behalf of environmentalists, activists and...