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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
August 25, 2022 at 8:22 AM

Forty years and then what?

  Hi Friend, Many consider “The Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson to be the genesis of the environmental movement. Written in 1962, it focuses on the terrifying effects of chemical pesticides that were, at the time, a large part of agriculture. Rachel Carson and her work awoke global environmenta…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
August 9, 2022 at 6:30 AM

Help us sharpen our political tools

  Dear Friend, Politics are more than what is in your heart. As Greens we all see the world the same way, and back up our beliefs with support, conversations with friends, and votes. After the last election, we surveyed Greens and got more than 3,000 replies. This tells us what you want from us…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
June 5, 2022 at 4:27 PM

Giving Day for Canadian Greens

  Dear Friend, It is World Environment Day and Giving Day for Greens in Canada. We have held off major fundraising for the last month as we supported the Green Party of Ontario and their great campaign leading up to this week’s election. Today, June 5, is the day for a big 24-hour push. I am in…
  Paul Manly · [email protected]
June 4, 2022 at 4:29 PM

It is almost World Environment Day!

  Dear Friend, We are gearing up to tomorrow – Sunday is World Environment Day and Giving Day for the Green Party of Canada.  This is an exciting and challenging time for our party. We are launching the leadership race soon. We have so much work to do as we rebuild the federal Greens in readine…
  Mike Morrice · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 6:32 PM

“HOORAY!!!”

  Hi Friend, Thanks to Greens across Ontario, with supporters from all over Canada, we did it!! We had our best results ever in my home province.  Ontario Green Leader Mike Schreiner not only held his seat of Guelph, he increased his majority to an astounding 54.5 per cent of the vote. That mir…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
May 26, 2022 at 12:31 AM

Add you voice for REAL action on plastic waste

  Hi Friend, Did you see the email from Karen Farley about the loopholes in the government's proposed ban on single-use plastics (SUP)? We must send a strong message that what they are proposing is totally inadequate. Click HERE to send a letter to the Environment Minister.  You can also sign a…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 8:51 PM

Let’s Ban Single-Use Plastics NOW

  Dear Friend, Plastic pollution is the second greatest threat to the environment after climate change. Garbage dumps overflow with plastic waste. It pollutes rivers and washes into the ocean, forming massive islands of plastic junk, killing birds and marine life. Microplastics travel up the fo…
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 9:10 PM

I’m with Mike!

  Dear Friend I just wanted to add my thumbs up to yesterday’s great email from Mike Morrice. Green wins in Ontario will make a huge difference, no matter where you live in Canada! I just completed a round of town halls in Ontario and B.C. – the first two legs of my national Reconnection Tour. …
  Mike Morrice · [email protected]
May 2, 2022 at 9:50 PM

All hands on deck to elect Green MPPs in Ontario!

  Dear Friend, It has been eight months since we made history in Kitchener Centre. I’m honoured to be the first Green MP elected from Ontario. Believe me, the last eight months have been a steep learning curve! But I know our mighty Green caucus is making a big difference in Ottawa, working acr…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
April 29, 2022 at 2:03 AM

It’s crunch time for my thermal coal petition

  Hello Friend, First of all, thanks so much to Pixie Hobby for writing to you yesterday about the need to ban the export of thermal coal. By the way, when I was at Sierra Club, Pixie was working as a Justice Department lawyer within Environment Canada. I am so proud she decided that, in her re…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
April 27, 2022 at 9:55 PM

Stop the train!!

  Hello Friend, Every day, around the clock, dozens of trains with hundreds of cars loaded with dirty thermal coal rumble through my neighborhood in Crescent Beach, B.C. They cross the border into Canada from the U.S., just 14 km away and travel to the Roberts Bank coal port another 40 km down …
  Dana Taylor · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 11:21 PM

Last Call! Earth Day Challenge

  Hi Friend, I hope you saw the Earth Day Challenge from Elizabeth. Paul’s email was (literally) right on the money. The response to the Earth Day Challenge has been fabulous.  Donors we have not heard from in a while are signing up again to be monthly donors at the $22 level and many of you ha…
  Paul Manly · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Did you read Elizabeth’s email?

  Hi Friend, It really took me back to Earth Day three years ago.  I know exactly where I was – at Elizabeth and John’s wedding. Then dashing straight from the church to Nanaimo to get back to door-to-door canvassing. We knew we had the momentum. Less than two weeks later Nanaimo-Ladysmith made…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
April 21, 2022 at 5:24 PM

Earth Day Challenge!

  Dear Friend, Tomorrow is Earth Day – the 52nd year I have celebrated it. I was in grade 10 in 1970 when Earth Day was launched. And here we are 52 years later and our situation is at its most perilous. Three years: Of course, some of you may recall that Earth Day is also John’s and my wedding…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
April 8, 2022 at 7:35 PM

So we’re the dangerous climate radicals now

  Dear Friend, There’s something very wrong with this picture. On Monday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the latest in a series of increasingly alarming reports on the worsening global climate crisis. Commenting on the report’s findings, UN Secretary General Antonio G…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
March 31, 2022 at 10:12 PM

It’s crunch time – the Q1 donation deadline is here

  Hi Friend, A final reminder that the first-quarter filing deadline is just hours away. That means that at midnight on March 31 we close the books on Q1 and send our numbers to Elections Canada. Please act now! Chip in what you can and help us show that the Green Party is on the move. Donate W…
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
March 30, 2022 at 10:33 PM

Reconnecting is a beautiful thing

  Hello Friend, I have finished the first section of my cross-country Reconnection Tour, and it has been simply amazing! My goal is to connect with as many of you as possible and, just as importantly, to create the space for you to connect with one another. Our fantastic mobilizing team has org…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
March 29, 2022 at 10:06 PM

Let’s tell a comeback story

  Hi Friend, In two days I’ll be totalling up the Green Party’s fundraising numbers to the end of March and filing our first-quarter report to Elections Canada.  Why is this important? Because in a few weeks, these numbers will be published on the Elections Canada website – and people will be w…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
March 28, 2022 at 9:33 PM

Cooperation doesn’t mean a blank cheque

  Dear Friend, I will never criticize cooperation across party lines. But I am so disappointed that the NDP have given Justin Trudeau a blank cheque – a promise to vote for the next four budgets – sight unseen.   We now know the next budget will include a massive increase in military spending a…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
March 25, 2022 at 11:02 PM

It’s time to lift people with disabilities out of poverty

  Dear Friend, One in five people in Canada has a disability and more than a million Canadians with disabilities live in poverty. People with disabilities in Canada have a higher rate of unemployment and people with severe disabilities earn less than $13,000 per year on average.  Existing suppo…
  Imre Szeman · [email protected]
March 11, 2022 at 1:27 AM

The window on our future is closing – will you support climate action?

  Dear Friend, It’s been a tough couple of years and a tougher few weeks. We just marked two years since the beginning of the pandemic in Canada. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has horrified people around the world. And in the middle of all this, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (…
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
February 5, 2022 at 1:52 AM

Let’s Ban Thermal Coal NOW

  Dear Friend, Thermal coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel out there. It’s responsible for half of total global carbon emissions – and the toxic pollution created by burning the stuff kills around 800,000 people every year. The federal government knows this. That’s why it created the Powering Past…
  Adeana Young · [email protected]
January 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM

I'm optimistic about our future!

  Hello Friend, As a past candidate and critic in the shadow cabinet, I’m thrilled to be moving forward with an eye into the future. It’s the party’s core values of climate action, social justice, and ecological thinking, I wholeheartedly support the Green Party of Canada. Living in Massett B.C…
  Devyani Singh · [email protected]
January 14, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Staying Green

  Hello Friend, I am writing this email as someone who has been actively involved with the Greens at all levels of government: federal, provincial and municipal. Federally, I am the critic for green recovery, climate and environment, and candidate in Quadra 2021; provincially I am the Vancouver…
  Dana Taylor · [email protected]
January 1, 2022 at 2:01 AM

Last chance to give.

  Hi Friend, Did you happen to see Amita’s message this morning? It was an optimistic one about the Green Party moving forward. And the future of the GPC is most promising. But we can’t do it without you. We've raised nearly $200,000 this month alone. That’s amazing. The generosity of hundreds…
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Looking Forward to 2022!

  Dear Friend, As we finish 2021 and look toward 2022, I’m optimistic about our future. Leaning into the challenges of the past and accepting lessons learned, the Green Party is ready to move forward. It is time to come together to work toward a sustainable and healthy Canada and a flourishing …
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
December 30, 2021 at 7:39 PM

Let's rebuild together.

  Dear Friend, December 30 and I am experiencing déjà vu. Didn’t I feel just this way one year ago? “Thank goodness this awful year is over! 2021 will be so much better!” NOT.   Not for family members wanting reunions. COVID still stalks our gatherings. Not for Canadians wanting parliamentarian…
  Paul Manly · [email protected]
December 29, 2021 at 6:46 PM

My political home.

    Hi Friend, The Green Party is my political home.   I grew up in a politically active family. Social justice and protecting the environment are core values for me. Alleviating poverty and suffering. Standing in solidarity with those who are oppressed. Ensuring that the environment we all dep…
  John Chenery · [email protected]
December 29, 2021 at 12:45 AM

Your support means the world!

  Hi Friend, Thanks to so many generous supporters over this past year, the Green Party of Canada has already seen a shift. And with 2021 almost at its end, we look to 2022 with optimism for the success that it will bring. We're looking forward to working with you and to being your Green voice …
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
December 28, 2021 at 4:11 PM

A Better Future for all Canadians

  Dear Friend, At the heart of the party's core values is a deep belief that humans have a responsibility to preserve and protect the natural world. We hold closely to the philosophy that life on this planet is interconnected. Coming off the year when Canada experienced extreme heat waves, deva…
  Mike Morrice · [email protected]
December 15, 2021 at 6:34 PM

A Message from Mike Morrice

  Dear Friend, I’m writing this email on a Wednesday as I wrap my first three weeks in Parliament alongside Elizabeth.    On my first day in Ottawa, someone made a comment to me that has come back to me many times. Upon being introduced to another MP, they said: “I’m glad you’re here. Greens ar…
  Rana Zaman · [email protected]
December 14, 2021 at 6:35 PM

I hope I can count on you!

  Dear Fellow Greens, As a member, supporter and one who cares deeply about a healthy planet and a prosperous Canada, please join me and thousands of other members in supporting the Green Party. As you have heard, the party is moving forward. But we need your help. And we need it now. As you kn…
  Mackenzie Kerr, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
December 9, 2021 at 6:33 PM

Let's Go Greens!

  Hello Friend, As a past candidate and Green Party member for four years, I’m excited about working together to move our party forward. The party’s strong commitment to core values – fighting climate change, creating a sustainable economy and good jobs, strengthening Canada’s social safety net…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
December 8, 2021 at 1:05 AM

Join Me — Support the GPC

  Dear Friend, I usually do not love writing emails for the fundraising department of the Green Party. I get too many dunning emails myself from too many groups and political parties. For some crazy reason, I even get nearly daily emails from the NDP and Liberals asking me to donate! Spoiler al…
  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]
December 4, 2021 at 8:09 PM

The Best Birthday Present

  Hello Friend, I am honoured to have been appointed interim Leader of the Green Party, and I am looking forward to working with all of you! After a difficult year, I’m certainly ready to turn the page and get into the work of building our capacity.  Friend, I hope you will join me on this jou…
  Daniel Green · [email protected]
December 3, 2021 at 11:42 PM

Why I Support the Green Party

  Hi Friend, Last week, I gave $300 to the Green Party of Canada. And this is why. Canada needs more Green MPs in Parliament. Elizabeth May and our new MP Mike Morrice cannot do all this alone. They need help. My donation will help get more Green MPs elected. I’m excited that the Green Party is…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
November 30, 2021 at 5:37 PM

Join the Movement. Support GivingTuesday.

  Hi Friend, GivingTuesday is here! We hope that we can count on you to make a gift and support Green politics and the Canada we need to build together.  At times like this, it is critical that we move forward as a party to address core issues that are so important to all Canadians -- climate …
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
November 26, 2021 at 6:40 PM

Giving Tuesday

  Hello Friend, Share Your Generosity!  Join the Movement!  Be Part of Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global movement started in 2012 to inspire generosity around the globe and to build a world where generosity is part of everyday life.  Over the last nine years, this is a day that encour…
  Elizabeth May · [email protected]
November 24, 2021 at 11:19 PM

Message from Elizabeth May

  Dear Friend, This week parliament resumed. While I am deeply grateful to have been re-elected in Saanich-Gulf Islands, it is bitter-sweet to have lost my dear colleague Paul Manly, and to be seated far from my former colleague, now in the Liberal ranks.  I cannot claim 2021 was a good year. B…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 29, 2021 at 6:21 PM

Thank You

  Hello Friend, Thank you so much for all you contributed to the 2021 Green campaign! Our members, donors, supporters, volunteers and Green voters made a huge impact. We couldn’t have run this campaign without you. From knocking on doors, to sharing via social media, to donating and voting, we …
  Robin Marty, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 5:19 PM

Don’t forget to vote!

  You already know it, Friend. It’s election day, and that means it’s time to vote! With the support of Greens like you, we’ve made history. And today we have a shot to break new ground yet again. Are you ready to elect Green representatives who will fight for a green future, a just society and…
  John Chenery · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 10:52 AM

It’s Election Day!

  Hello Friend, Can you believe it? Five weeks have flown by and here we are at Election Day. Maybe you’ve already cast your ballot. Or maybe you’ve made your plan to vote today and are ready to get to the polls! Maybe you, like me, can feel the buzz in the air, because tonight we’ll see the re…
  Emily Fearon · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 12:21 AM

Down to the wire

  We’re down to the wire now, Friend. It’s been 35 days of incredible hard work. Today and tomorrow – Election Day – you can still make a difference and help to elect even more Greens! This is it – your chance to show your support for real climate action and give the Green campaign a final boos…
  Robin Marty, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 19, 2021 at 7:08 PM

A note before you vote

  Hello Friend, I’m writing to you today with the finish line in sight. Greens across Canada have worked so hard during this campaign, and we are so proud of the outstanding candidates who have stepped up and put their name on the ballot. I am inspired by Greens like you, who keep showing up an…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 18, 2021 at 10:23 PM

Almost Election Day

  Hi Friend, So much has gone into these past weeks and months and we’re so very proud of our Green campaigns across the country for their hard work and dedication. And now it’s almost Election Day! Your support for the causes and the values we all care deeply about doesn’t end on September 20…
  Deirdre O'Beirne-Rosaeg · [email protected]
September 18, 2021 at 10:22 PM

The last weekend!

  Hello Friend, This is the last weekend before voters head to the polls and decide whether Canada will take action on the climate crisis and build the sustainable green economy of the future. Whether we will help workers and families with new jobs and universal programs or continue to leave pe…
  Emily Fearon · [email protected]
September 17, 2021 at 5:48 PM

Now is the time to get involved!

  Hi Friend, I’m tracking our email fundraising results and this final week of the campaign could use your help. Based on my data, we need a few more people in your riding to donate. A donation of any amount can make the biggest difference! To support our campaigns on the ground, as well as the…
  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 16, 2021 at 10:57 PM

Countdown to the finish line!

  Hello Friend, The countdown is on. It’s a few days until Election Day, and we’re not slowing down – quite the opposite! From the Pacific to the Atlantic, Green Party candidates are delivering the Green message, knocking on doors and talking to voters, telling them about our campaign for real…
  Sam Dent · [email protected]
September 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM

Four days.

  Hi Friend, It’s just four days until we get to the finish line. Our campaigns aren’t slowing down, and the activity from coast to coast to coast keeps us inspired in these final, busy days. We need your help to boost us over the top. We still need support from Greens like you, even with Elect…
  Darcy Higgins, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]
September 15, 2021 at 6:44 PM

We choose to #BeDaring

  Hi Friend, My name is Darcy and I’ve known, and volunteered with Annamie Paul for a long while. This election, I am focussed on community outreach and I wanted to share with you some of the amazing things our team in Toronto Centre has seen on the campaign trail. Green campaigns are unique. I…