A law against catcalling?
Friends, the Green Party of Québec is updating our social justice and women’s rights program. One of the propositions that we are currently studying is the possibility of calling for a law against sexual harassment in the street otherwise known as catcalling.
Personally I support it. I...
Today marks 30 years since the Polytechnique shooting in which 14 innocent women were killed and many others injured in the worst massacre in recent Quebec history.
As a survivor of the 2006 Dawson College shooting, I cannot begin to express my feelings towards the victims and their families. Things...
Very great mobilization today for missing and/or murdered Aboriginal women.
Together we will put an end to the racist policies of the Canadian and Quebec governments.
Solidarity with Aboriginal women.
Alex Tyrrell
Leader of the Green Party of Quebec
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Thank you to everyone who came out this afternoon to call for the release of Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar.
As an academic community we have a responsibility to stand up for our incarcerated peers and to vigorously defend academic freedom around the world.
Make no mistake; Dr Hoodfar's life is on...
Green Party leader Alex Tyrrell and candidate Stephanie Stevenson call for the resignation of a Conservative Pary of Quebec candidate Caroline Orchard over her sexist, pro rape culture and anti feminist comments that were publicly documented well before this campaign begun.
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Very interesting lecture by Leila Bedeir on Islamic feminism.
The voices of Muslim women should be brought forward in the current debate on the charter. The image and identity of Muslim women is systematically marginalized by the current government and the mainstream media.
How is it that the Parti Québécois is...
With regard to the young women who disappeared from the Laval youth centre and beyond the current police operation, the Green Party of Quebec is calling on the Couillard government to fight for the protection of young women, to reinstate sex education classes in our schools, and to develop...
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The leader of the Green Party of Quebec said he's considering running to be Elizabeth May's successor and that the party needs to develop a platform that Canada's left can rally behind.
While the federal Green Party leader has not confirmed that she is planning to step...
Alex Tyrrell gives feature interview in a Green Party of Quebec campaign video. He comments on eco-socialism, the need for a more inclusive Quebec and explains some of the bold ideas that the greens are putting forward in this election.
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