Today marks 30 years since the Polytechnique shooting in which 14 innocent women were killed and many others injured in the worst massacre in recent Quebec history.
As a survivor of the 2006 Dawson College shooting, I cannot begin to express my feelings towards the victims and their families. Things...
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...
Alex Tyrrell issued the following statement on November 12, 2019
Over the past few weeks, Bolivia has been torn apart by protests and an anti-democratic coup d’etat.
Following elections that Evo Morales won on the first round with 47% of the...
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The leader of the Green Party of Quebec said he's considering running to be Elizabeth May's successor and that the party needs to develop a platform that Canada's left can rally behind.
While the federal Green Party leader has not confirmed that she is planning to step...
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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Following the tabling of Quebec's democratic reform bill Alex Tyrrell held a press conference in front of the National Assembly which was briefly obstructed by special constables. The bill tabled is electoral reform but unfortunately it is not proportional representation.
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Alex Tyrrell speaks in Cabot Square in Montreal calling on governments to do more to address homelessness and the lack of services in proximity to the square following reports of the deaths of 14 homeless people over the past few months.
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Today marks the 13th anniversary of the Dawson College Shooting of 2006. On that day I was just minutes away from entering the cafeteria when a 25 year old isolated individual burst in with a semi automatic weapon and handgun and began firing on students killing 18 year old...
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Minutes after making a video in front of a Trans Mountain Pipeline depot we were pulled over and detained for 10 min by the RCMP.
This type of harassment and intimidation of pipeline opponents and indigenous people by police officers is a...