Alex Tyrrell speaks in the Montreal City Council chamber at the Public Safety Commission meeting called for the purpose of examining police interventions in Montreal protests. He condemns the excessive use of force by the Montreal police and calls on the police to use deescalation rather than violence.
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We are proud to have been the only political party represented at the demonstration against the Islamophobic group Piegdia in the Petit Maghreb district on Saturday afternoon.
We experienced an extraordinary moment of solidarity when our demonstration merged with a demonstration against austerity.
These two struggles, as well as the fight...
Alex Tyrrell and other Green Party of Quebec Candidates Protest the party's exclusion from a debate organized by Force Jeunesse. In a rare show of support the Liberal candidate Marwah Rizqy offered to share he time with Alex Tyrrell if the organizers would allow him to participate in the...
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Last night I spoke at a protest calling for free public transit in Montreal and beyond. Free public transit is one of the best ways to fight climate change and social inequality.
Free transit is an economic policy that is designed to increase transit ridership by...
Today, a GPQ delegation travelled to Cacouna, Quebec to lend a hand to those fighting against the construction of an oil port that threatens to destroy an essential part of the St. Lawrence beluga whale habitat.
This oil port will be used to export oil from the oil sands to...
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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On Friday, May 1, 2015, a contingent of the Green Party of Quebec joined the anti-capitalist demonstration against austerity to mark World Workers' Day.
From the beginning, the police presence was extremely imposing, even military. Following a 10-minute peaceful march, SPVM and SQ police officers bombarded the demonstrators with tear...
Demonstration against the proposed nuclear waste dump project at a site one kilometre from the Ottawa River.
If the project goes ahead, the portable water of thousands of Quebecers and Ontarians will be at risk of long-term contamination.
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Thank you to all those who supported us during the demonstration against our exclusion from the "youth dialogue" between the leaders of the four old political parties of Quebec!
Three-quarters of the Green Party candidates are young people. The decision of the New World Institute to exclude us is ridiculous,...