Pipeline companies have no respect for indigenous peoples, their lands or their sacred burial grounds. By attacking members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the oil industry will only galvanize opposition to these highly polluting and unsustainable colonial pipeline projects on...
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...
Once again, the Parti Québécois is invoking federal jurisdiction to avoid taking a concrete stand against TransCanada's Energy East pipeline.
This argument is completely absurd, since Quebec, like the other provinces, has full power to denounce this project within the Canadian federation.
The election of PKP...
Alex Tyrrell and Cree elder Raymond Robinson speak outside the Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan tank farm in Burnaby, B.C., declaring their solidarity with B.C.'s efforts to fight the construction of an additional pipeline.
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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, 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...
Alex Tyrrell wrote the following letter to Concordia President Alain Shepard, urging him to divest the university of funds from the fossil fuel industry.
As an environmental science student at Concordia University and leader of the Green Party of Quebec, I would like to take a moment to express...
Alex Tyrrell travelled to New Brunswick to support Aboriginal anti-hydrofracking protesters who have taken direct action to prevent the industry from exploring shale formations on their territory.
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Today, the Green Party of Quebec is in Témiscamingue, to meet with residents of Lac Kipawa who are opposed to a rare earth mining project.
Rare earths are a group of minerals used, among other things, to make batteries for hybrid and electric cars.
While the government...