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25.03.2023 / 07:25

Biden’s chocolate gift an ‘unbelievable’ moment for its Syrian-Canadian creator

Joe Biden’s visit to Canada on Friday involving the gifting of a chocolate bar meant so much more to the Syrian-Canadian whose company created the treat.Tareq Hadhad, CEO of Peace By Chocolate in Antigonish, N.S., told Global News he was in disbelief after watching Green Party Leader Elizabeth May give Biden a “Peace Bar” during a welcoming ceremony in Ottawa.“This is absolutely unbelievable. Totally unbelievable,” said Hadhad, who was invited to Friday night’s state dinner at the Ottawa Aviation Museum as a guest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.“This is a moment for the history books for our family and we are incredibly honoured.” Read more: Dinner with the Bidens: What’s cooking as U.S.

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Green Party names Amita Kuttner as interim leader

Green Party has named Dr. Amita Kuttner as interim leader on Wednesday.They are the youngest and first transgender and east-Asian person to ever lead a national party, according to the Greens.The 30-year-old is an astrophysicist with expertise in black holes and is the founder of the Moonlight Institute, a non-profit that explores responses to climate change.Kuttner was in the running to replace former leader Elizabeth May but lost to Annamie Paul, who since faced turmoil within the party and stepped down in November.

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Green Party MP Jenica Atwin crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party

Some Greens worry internal conflict will hobble new leader Annamie Paul in the next election The news, which was first reported by the Toronto Star, comes amid months of infighting within the Green Party, much of which focused on its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, Atwin has not yet provided a reason for her decision to leave the party.The rookie MP was the first Green Party MP to ever be elected in the east coast, a victory that had many eyeing her as a potential leadership candidate when Elizabeth May stepped down as leader.

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Elizabeth May compares patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines situation to Africa AIDS crisis

Green Party MP Elizabeth May on Friday called on the government to support waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, comparing the situation to the AIDS crisis in Africa, where patents prevented people from getting life-saving medicine.

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Emergency House of Commons debate on COVID-19 devolves into finger-pointing

COVID-19 pandemic has devolved into another round of partisan finger-pointing.Veteran Green MP Elizabeth May requested the debate, appealing to MPs to stop the blame game and think about how Canada can develop a more nationally co-ordinated approach to the pandemic that is raging out of control in some provinces.Both the Greens and NDP suggest it’s time for the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act, which would enable it to shut down interprovincial travel and lockdown areas experiencing community spread of the more contagious variants of COVID-19 — rather than leaving it up to provincial and territorial governments.

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Annamie Paul elected as new federal Green Party leader

After a year-long race, Canada’s Green Party has elected Toronto lawyer, Annamie Paul, as their new leader, replacing Elizabeth May. Annamie Paul is the first elected Black leader of a major federal party.

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Green Party pioneer Elizabeth May’s political legacy

Canada’s first federal leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May, is officially stepping down from the top position. Eric Sorensen looks at how May’s career has impacted the country’s political landscape.

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Green Party frontrunner Annamie Paul wins leadership on 8th ballot

Green Party of Canada has a new leader: human rights lawyer Annamie Paul.Paul won the biggest leadership contest the Greens have ever had in Ottawa on Saturday evening on the eighth ballot with 12,090 votes in a race that saw 69 per cent of party members vote.Nearly 35,000 people were eligible to vote, nearly 10 times as many as turned out for the last leadership election in 2006 when Elizabeth May won.Paul is also the acclaimed Green candidate for Toronto Centre and is now set to fight for the seat in the byelection being held Oct. 26.

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Trudeau to speak with opposition leaders on upcoming throne speech

Justin Trudeau will begin consultations Thursday with opposition leaders about next week’s throne speech, which could theoretically bring down his minority Liberal government if no opposition party supports it.He is to speak by phone with Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, who is in self-isolation along with most of his 31 MPs after an aide tested positive Monday for COVID-19.

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WE Charity controversy: Telford asked why Trudeau not told earlier Canada Service Corps not delivering student grant program

During the Thursday virtual House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) regarding the WE Charity controversy, Green Party MP Elizabeth May asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford why no one told him before May 8 that Canada Service Corps would not be carrying out the student grant program, rather that WE Charity would be the sole provider.

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Green Party to likely hold virtual leadership convention amid coronavirus, May says

The first leadership contest for the Green Party of Canada in 14 years is likely to end in October with an online announcement instead of a big party, former Leader Elizabeth May said Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spare no big events.

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Kenney fires back at May and Blanchet, calls comments about oil industry ‘un-Canadian’

A day after leaders with the federal Green Party and the Bloc Québécois suggested they believe Canada’s embattled oil industry may not bounce back, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney fired back at their comments and touted the energy sector’s contributions to Canada.

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‘Please stop kicking us when we’re down’: Jason Kenney responds to May and Blanchet’s comments about oil industry

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to comments by former Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet about the oil industry.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trudeau says he disagrees with May, Blanchet that ‘oil is dead’

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he disagreed with comments made by Green Party MP Elizabeth May, and supported by Bloc Quebois leader Yves Blanchet, that “oil is dead” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau rejects ‘oil is dead’ claim from Greens, Bloc Quebecois

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he rejects the claim made by Green and Bloc Quebecois leaders that “oil is dead” and should get no further government support amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Elizabeth May says COVID-19 pandemic proves ‘oil is dead’

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, Green Party MP Elizabeth May said the economic shock from the COVID-19 pandemic on both the global economy and on Canada, specifically on the energy sector, proves that “oil is dead” as a backstop economic commodity, and that smart nations will use the opportunity to pursue greater investment in green energy.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Elizabeth May frustrated Conservatives ‘claim credit’ for a strong Parliament

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, Green Party MP Elizabeth May said that in her opinion, the Parliament of Canada has been functioning “extremely well” – however, May expressed frustration with the Conservative Party of Canada for “claiming credit” for actions taken by the reduced Parliament to hold the Trudeau government to account, actions May said the support of all other parties in the House as well.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Blanchet wants to see a more self-reliant Quebec after COVID-19 pandemic

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Bloc Québécois Yves-François Blanchet said that on several files – including Quebec’s long-term care crisis, Canada’s struggling energy sector, and others – that he would like to see the federal government take stronger action to ensure Quebec is able to handle problems like this internally in the future.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Scheer questioned over flight to Ottawa

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was questioned as to why he and his family boarded a small government plane, along with outgoing Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Liberal B.C.

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