Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 1:09 AM

Please read this email. I do need your help!

    Dear Friend, Please read this email. I do need your help! As we close out our first quarter of 2024 I hate to sound like a broken record. Worse, I hate to sound like a bean counter at a multinational corporation. But financial returns to Elections Canada do matter. Making sure…

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

March 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM

I have a confession to make...

    Dear Friend, Yes, I have a confession to make. The world hurts so much right now, it’s difficult not to hurt with it. And that’s without mentioning rent, the cost of groceries, the homelessness on our streets and the feeling that we’re about to hit the climate iceberg at full …

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

February 14, 2024 at 11:08 PM

Saving our Environment by Destroying it: The Northvolt Case

    Hello Friend, Let me tell you a story. Our federal government is about to give $1.37 billion of our money to a Swedish company, Northvolt. This money is to build an electric car battery factory – in the name of saving the environment. This factory will be constructed on a site…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Final Hours to Make a Difference in 2023, Friend

    Dear Friend, This is it! We’re down to the wire, it’s the last few hours to make a contribution before the new year. At midnight TONIGHT, your opportunity to make a 2023 tax credit-eligible donation to the Green Party of Canada will pass. Don't miss out! You could receive up …

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 30, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Only 2 Days Left to Donate in 2023!

    Dear Friend, Here at the Green Party of Canada, we’re counting down to the end of 2023. We’ve made great strides together this year, are gaining in the polls, and we have you, the Green members and supporters, to thank! There are only two days left to send in your 2023 donatio…

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

December 29, 2023 at 1:51 AM

Building Community Together

    Dear Friend, With a New Year to welcome in, I wanted to thank you for your support this year. We have accomplished so much, and none of it would have been possible without you!  Greens threw their support behind a provincial by-election in Kitchener Centre. Less than a month a…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 27, 2023 at 12:12 AM

Some of our Green Highlights from 2023

    Dear Friend, As the year draws to a close, we at the Green Party of Canada reflected on our collective journey and the strides we've made together. Among our many achievements, one stands out as a milestone not just for us, but for the nation. A Historic Step Forward: Green Pa…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 23, 2023 at 12:13 AM

We can elect Green MPs across the country!

    Hi Friend, As we near the end of 2023, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past month and year. Despite the hyper-partisan rancour surrounding us, I am regularly reminded that Parliament is a place where tangible progress can be made, and where Green MPs can have an ou…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM

Green Holidays Tips from the Green Party!

    Hello Friend, December is well underway, and as you tackle your holiday to-do list, we wanted to share some simple tips from your Green Party of Canada Team to have a sustainable, eco-friendly holiday season: Give the gift of an experience: Minimize waste and create lasting m…

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  Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 16, 2023 at 8:57 PM

Important message from Elizabeth - "Building on Dubai"

    Dear Friend, I know you have likely been following the news from the United Arab Emirates and Dubai. What a place to hold critical climate talks - few failed to see the contradiction! But against the odds, and despite the presence of thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists, we got …

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 15, 2023 at 2:19 AM

40 Years of Green Leadership: A Message from our Co-Founder Trevor Hancock

    Dear Friend, Over fifty years ago, the publication of The Limits of Growth and  A Blueprint for Survival led to the creation of the world's first ecological political party and my personal journey into green politics. In 1983, we established the Green Party of Canada, and I be…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 6:46 PM

Canada's Climate Failure: On Giving Tuesday Let’s Take Action

    Dear Friend, Today is Giving Tuesday – during the next 24 hours, people around the world will come together to participate in the world’s largest generosity movement and global day of giving! We felt this was the right day to highlight the hard work we still have ahead of us t…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 10, 2023 at 2:42 AM

Stand Against the NDP's Betrayal of Canada's Climate Objectives

    Dear Friend, In case you missed it, our country faced a pivotal moment this week when the New Democratic Party (NDP) chose to side with the Conservatives in voting for a motion that could severely undermine Canada's climate objectives. This decision, a betrayal of the values a…

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 11:25 PM

Weather the Storms Together

    Dear Friend, Nobody saw it coming. Yet we must prepare for more. In less than 24 hours, a tropical storm approaching the coast unexpectedly transformed into a devastating category 5 hurricane. Storm Otis, fueled by record-warm coastal waters, ravaged the Mexican city of Acapul…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

October 10, 2023 at 9:12 PM

Help Mike Deliver Progressive Priorities for Canadians

    Hi Friend, Recently we shared the strategic priorities for our Green MPs for the coming months in Parliament. If you haven't seen Mike Morrice's yet - here's a quick recap: We want to say thank you - through your generous support we raised nearly $28,000 of our fundraising g…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

September 29, 2023 at 11:58 PM

Let’s make a statement!

    Hi Friend, On Monday we’ll be totalling up the Green Party’s fundraising numbers to the end of September, and filing our third-quarter report to Elections Canada. Why are we telling you this? Because in a few weeks, these numbers will be published on the Elections Canada websi…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

August 19, 2023 at 5:13 PM

Help Us Stop the Liberal's Greenwashing of Gas and Oil

  Dear Friend, With so many climate calamities upon us this summer, I hope that this email finds you well and full of determination to tackle the urgent environmental issues we face. As the deputy leader of the Green Party, I am reaching out to you today to shed light on a concerning developmen…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

August 11, 2023 at 12:02 AM

Friend, Now is the Time for Green Leadership

  Dear Friend, You may be worried this summer, as some of the world swelters in unprecedented heat and other parts deal with unprecedented flooding. Will leaders ever listen? I wanted to take some time to write and tell you why I think they must listen, and what we can do about it. Recently, an…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

July 29, 2023 at 3:58 PM

We need to do more to support our communities to prepare for climate change

  Dear Friend, As a valued supporter of the Green Party of Canada, we’re writing you today because we urgently need your help. Our country is facing a climate emergency, and the recent federal adaptation strategy is woefully insufficient to support our communities to prepare for the catastrophi…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

July 27, 2023 at 7:24 PM

The Hottest Week in History: Let's Take Action Now

  Dear Friend, As someone who cares deeply about the future of our planet, I wanted to reach out to you in the wake of the astonishing surge of heat across the globe. The first week of July set records as the hottest week in history, and the situation is expected to continue to deteriorate. In …

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

July 14, 2023 at 1:16 AM

Would you wine and dine tobacco executives? Neither would we!

  Dear Friend, You wouldn’t wine and dine tobacco executives if you were leading a national campaign against lung cancer, would you?  Why, then, were our “climate-champion” Liberal friends cozying up to executives from the Royal Dutch Shell, and sending two federal ministers to praise them as “…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

June 30, 2023 at 1:19 AM

Celebrating our Historic Election Result in Québec!

  Dear Friend, Our deputy leader, Jonathan Pedneault, received a historic 13.3% of the votes in the recent by-election for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grace--Westmount, the highest percentage our Party ever had in Quebec. Our Green campaign finished neck and neck with the NDP and Conservatives.…

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

June 13, 2023 at 10:52 PM

Urgent request for help to fight the Climate Crisis in Ottawa

  Dear Friend, I'm guessing that you have looked outside these past few days and seen that the sky was thick with smoke? Or perhaps, like my friend Andrew, you are asthmatic and suffering from the terrible air quality? In the last few days, it has been made clear that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals …

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

June 7, 2023 at 3:24 AM

The Green Party may be 40, but I’m not!

  Hi Friend, I hope you saw Elizabeth’s email yesterday! Amazing that the Green Party of Canada is older than I am. Please do join the Founders Circle. We have a lot of fun activities planned. Meanwhile, I am too busy knocking on doors in NDG-Westmount to give Elizabeth much help in fundraising…

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  Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

June 5, 2023 at 7:27 PM

World Environment Day is our birthday!

  Dear Friend, Last year we chose World Environment Day – June 5th – as Giving Day for the Green Party of Canada! And you – our members and supporters – gave generously. On that day we raised over $40,000. This year, June 5, 2023, is Giving Day, World Environment Day – and it is also the birth…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

May 13, 2023 at 1:14 AM

Demand real action on climate change

  Hi Friend, From coast to coast to coast, the effects of climate change are hitting Canadians harder and harder every year. Severe storms, flooding and wildfires have devastated communities across the country. The 2021 heat dome killed over 600 British Columbians in four days.  We have known f…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

May 3, 2023 at 1:29 AM

Where were you on May 2, 2011 when we made the breakthrough?

  Euphoric Greens at Moby's Pub on Salt Spring Island react as Elizabeth is declared victorious over Conservative Cabinet member Gary Lunn. Dear Friend, 12 years ago, on May 2nd, 2011, Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada made history in Saanich-Gulf Islands by electing the first Gree…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

April 27, 2023 at 8:23 PM

Let’s Stop Octopus Farming in Canada - before it starts

  Hi Friend, You might not think of octopuses as sentient, loveable creatures - but did you know that they're incredibly intelligent, inquisitive, and capable of complex behaviours? Unfortunately, this hasn't stopped companies around the world from planning to farm them by the millions, and we …

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

April 22, 2023 at 8:23 PM

Happy Earth Day

  Hello Friend, Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day.  On every April 22nd, for the last 53 years, public events have been held to increase awareness of the urgent need to protect Mother Earth. Across Canada, Green Party volunteers have created local events that focus on the climate crisis. From Ne…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

March 31, 2023 at 8:10 PM

Time to make a statement

  Hi Friend, On Monday we’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 Canadians will be …

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

March 29, 2023 at 8:39 PM

Special offer- Peace by Chocolate

  Dear Friend, I hope you saw this. Who would have thought that my impulse buy of Peace by Chocolate to give US President Joe Biden would be the CBC "Moment?" Well, I want to share that moment and pass it along. My new friend Tareq Hadhad, founder and CEO of Peace by Chocolate, is letting me b…

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

March 26, 2023 at 8:18 PM

How was your Earth Hour?

  Dear Friend, How was your Earth Hour??  I would love to hear any reflections on how an hour of no electricity  -- replaced with candles  -- changed your normal habits. Any change? Any chance it made you feel more generous?  Want to donate more? (wink!) Never too late! Donate Love, Elizabeth E…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

March 24, 2023 at 5:17 PM

Tomorrow is Earth Hour!

  Dear Friend, Tomorrow, at the same local time globally, millions of people around the world will mark Earth Hour. Please remember to turn off all lights and TVs, etc, from 8:30 until 9:30 PM. Get your candles ready for an hour of reflection, meditation, conversation or a quiet meal. Every ye…

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

March 8, 2023 at 11:12 PM

Happy International Women's Day!

  Dear Friend, Happy International Woman's Day! Celebrated since the beginning of the 20th century, March 8th has been a day to promote, value, and advance women's rights. March 8 has huge meaning for me. I had a life-changing conversation at a celebration of International Women's Day at a pub …

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 9:30 PM

Don’t forget, Friend

    Dear Friend, It’s your last chance to give before the new year, Friend. We’re just a few hours away from the end of 2022 – any donations received after midnight on December 31st will not be eligible for the tax credit of up to 75 percent come spring.   count me in!   Anything you can chip …

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  Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 12:57 AM

In trying times, I bet on the Greens and so should you

  Hi Friend, In less than 48 hours, the New Year will be banging on our doors. It will barge in, whether we want it or not. I don’t know how it is for you, but for me, it is always a time of introspection, remembrance and reckoning. My year started horribly.  On January 1, 2022, I welcomed the …

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  Mike Morrice, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 8:55 PM

From Yellowknife to Kitchener, we can elect Green MPs across the country

  Hi Friend, Over the holidays I spent a week in Yellowknife. And what struck me most - besides the -30C temperatures - was the potential we have to elect a Green there.  Why? Because of the similarities with Kitchener Centre, and with so many other ridings across the country. Ridings where the…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 24, 2022 at 3:32 AM

Your support means the world to us! A message from our Shadow Cabinet and new President

  Hi Friend, Thanks to so many generous supporters over this past year, the Green Party of Canada has already seen a positive shift. Our new President and Members of our Shadow Cabinet recently spoke about why they stepped into these roles within the party. We felt it was important you hear in …

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

December 9, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Canada’s Reckless Stonewalling at COP27 Must Not Repeat at COP15

  Hello Friend, Canada is a repeat offender. Since the Kyoto Protocol was signed – 25 years ago – Canada has met none of its global climate action commitments.  It is strange that we would now be rewarded with hosting an international conference meant to address a biodiversity crisis that stems…

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  Elizabeth May · [email protected]

December 3, 2022 at 1:46 AM

Our fortunes are already turning around!

  Dear Friend, Great news!! With the end of the leadership race less than two weeks ago, our fortunes are already turning around. Jonathan and I spent today in Mississauga Lakeshore with our wonderful by-election candidate Mary Kidnew. With her enthusiastic volunteers, we waved signs on the bus…

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  Mike Morrice · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 12:49 AM

This Giving Tuesday, support Green MPs fighting for our kids' future - at home and abroad

  Hi Friend, Today is Giving Tuesday - during the next 24 hours, people around the world will come together to participate in a global day of giving. This felt like the right day to share my reflections on another global event I just attended - the COP 27 international climate talks held in Sh…

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  Ian Soutar, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 26, 2022 at 12:45 AM

Have you read the welcome message from Elizabeth and Jonathan?

  Hi Friend, I know it's a busy time of year, but I just had to write to make sure you saw the email from our new leader and deputy leader, Elizabeth and Jonathan! They have kindly introduced me as the new President of Federal Council, and I am really excited by the huge opportunity in front of…

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  Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 24, 2022 at 11:21 PM

A message from Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault

  Dear Friend, In this first message from us both, we begin with thanks. Thanks to the wonderful volunteers across Canada who have worked long hours on party committees, in the leadership campaigns, at the Green booths at Pride celebrations, Fall fairs, and community gatherings of all kinds. Yo…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 20, 2022 at 5:59 AM

And the winner is......

  Hi Friend, The results are in, and after months of incredible campaigning from our six contestants, the new Leader of the Green Party of Canada has finally been chosen by our members. We want to thank everyone involved for all of the work they’ve put into making the Green Party of Canada 2022…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

November 3, 2022 at 5:32 PM

Canada's forests are being sold for firewood

  Hello Friend, Imagine for a moment that you would burn wood to make energy.  Here in the 21st century, this quaintly anachronistic notion seems ridiculous. But it’s true and it’s happening on a huge industrial scale and it is taking mountains of Canadian lumber to do it.  The company’s name i…

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  Mike Morrice · [email protected]

October 21, 2022 at 10:33 PM

Striking is not enough

  Hi Friend, On Friday Sept 23, students, activists, and citizens gathered in cities across the country and around the world to demand climate action from all levels of government. While I’m inspired by those organizing around the urgency of climate change, I’m frustrated by the lack of meaning…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

September 30, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Leading the Charge!

  Hi Friend, They are calling Fiona a “post-tropical storm” but what it really represents is a new and terrifying level of climate catastrophe, and we can expect more just like it. Or worse. Much of Canada’s east coast is just starting to see the awful damage caused over the weekend.  Homes sma…

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  Green Party of Canada · [email protected]

September 23, 2022 at 6:20 PM

Unite the fight against climate change / Unissons nos forces contre les changements climatiques

**La version française suit Dear Friend, This Friday, September 23, 2022, an important day of action for the Climate is taking place all across the country. We will stand side-by-side with hundreds of striking students, organizations, and citizen groups across the country to demand immed…

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  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]

September 1, 2022 at 7:47 PM

Look back at a Summer of Pride

  Dear Friend, I am delighted to tell you, I’ve had a wonderful summer. I’m reflecting on how amazing it was to be able to attend not one, but several 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride celebrations across the country this summer. It was an honour and a privilege to hear your personal stories, share mine with yo…

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  Amita Kuttner · [email protected]

August 31, 2022 at 3:36 AM

Sprouting our future

  Hi Friend, I have just finished my Reconnection Tour, which was an amazing adventure that took me across the country from Windsor, ON, to Victoria, BC, to St. John’s NL. I was delighted to meet Greens across the country and encounter the diversity of who we are, the unity of our collective vi…

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