The leader of the Green Party of Quebec, Alex Tyrrell, spoke out this evening against the austerity budget presented to the National Assembly by Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau. "This budget presents no vision for the future of Quebec, no overall plan. It...
- Trump, Trudeau and the Keystone XL pipeline -
As many of you know, Donald Trump has just signed an executive order to fast-track approval and construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
How should we react to this news?
During the 2015 federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau made it clear...
It was a pleasure to speak at the demonstration in front of Hydro-Québec's head office today with residents of Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard and Dollard-des-Ormeaux who are opposed to the devastation of the environment, landscape and forests by high-voltage wires!
These high-voltage wires should be buried in order to...
Saturday morning we presented our bold plan for wastewater management in Quebec!
We propose..:
✅ Large-scale biogasification projects across Quebec that will allow us to extract renewable energy from wastewater following Washington DC's example - right now we're consuming energy...
Alex Tyrrell discusses Trans Canada's Eastern Energy Pipeline project with a representative of a pro-industry group on CBC Radio's Daybreak Montréal. The project will increase tar sands development, GHG emissions and make our economy even more...
Today I visited the École Polytechnique nuclear reactor in the company of long-time anti-nuclear activist Dr Gordon Edwards.
We had a very interesting conversation with Dr. Cornelia Chilian, who is in charge of the SLOWPOKE research reactor. Although Dr. Chilian is very supportive...
This afternoon, I appeared on CBC's As It Happens to discuss my opposition to the tar sands, fossil fuel subsidies and the need for the Green Party of Canada to stand in solidarity with the environmental movement on these very important issues.
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Excellente discussion et échange d'idées avec les membres du Parti vert du Manitoba à Winnipeg ce soir !
Notre tournée sur la réalité des sables bitumineux se poursuit demain en Saskatchewan, puis en Alberta !
Alex Tyrrell
Chef du Parti Vert du Québec
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Today in Sainte-Hyacinthe, I presented the Green Party's BAPE brief on shale gas with Catherine Lovatt-Smith.
The presentation was well received by the commissioners and the audience, and we're happy to participate.
On the other hand, the shale gas industry has the support of the government and...