Last night the Green Party of Québec made the CBC national news to talk about our petition calling for a ban on microplastic beads in personal hygiene products.
New research from McGill released earlier this week slows that extensive microplastic pollution is present on the bottom Saint-Laurence river. Experts say...
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Yesterday, the court ruled that the Minister of the Environment was in violation when he authorized the work of the oil industry in Cacouna before receiving scientific advice.
It is unthinkable that a minister could do this, as if corporate interests were more important than the protection of...
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 the example of Washington DC - we currently use fossil fuels to incinerate waste materials.
✅ An end to the dumping...
Solidarity with the Innu demonstration for indigenous rights, environmental protection and respect for agreements signed with Hydro-Québec.
Mr. Couillard has a duty to meet with Innu leaders.
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Today, I was in Rimouski with Pierre-Luc Coulombe and Patricia Pilon to take a stand on the protection of marine environments and a scientific approach to shoreline protection in the region!
A Green Government
✅ Will hold the government target to protect 10% of the marine territory of the St. Lawrence...
Here is CBC's article about the the Green Party of Québec's position on Montreal's plastic bag ban.
The ban is a step in the right direction but does not go far enough!
The City of Montreal’s plan to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags as of Jan. 1, 2018, may...
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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Montreal - It is with great optimism that Alex Tyrrell will present the Green Party of Quebec's brief on June 3 as part of the public consultation on the issues and impacts of the ban on single-use shopping bags.
According to the Green Party of Quebec, the time has come...
Alex Tyrrell and Quebec Greens organize information session about the proposed construction of a nuclear waste dump just 1km from the Ottawa River. The Green Party opposes the storage facility because the risk level is too high.
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