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Earth Day Events
Media Release | Thursday, 18 Apr 2013Public events for Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May: Friday, April 19th 3:00 p.m. – Elizabeth May will attend the West Coast Oil and Pipeline Summit and Gala,a conference designed to...
“Environment Canada” Disappears from Government of Canada Site
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The words “Environment Canada” have been eliminated from the Government of Canada’s Weather website: http://weather.gc.ca “As with other government websites where information has simply...
Statement by Elizabth May on the Boston Marathon Tragedy
Media Release | Monday, 15 Apr 2013I am shocked and horrified, as we all are. Boston is a city I love visiting and know well. And the marathon is an event with great energy and a spirit of optimism. It seems particularly cruel to...
Enbridge’s Line 9: Needing Permission to Talk About a Pipeline Going Through Your Neighbourhood? Welcome to Harperland.
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada condemns the new public debate suppression requirements put in place by the National Energy Board (NEB) at the request of Harper’s Conservatives. “10,000 barrels...
Will You Wear Pink Today?
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013OTTAWA – April 10th is the Day of Pink, the International Day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. The Green Party of Canada invites everyone to...
Idle No More: “The Time for Dialogue is Now, Not After a Tragedy”
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013OTTAWA – In the wake of a second hunger strike by Cross Lake First Nation Elder Raymond Robinson, the Green Party of Canada calls on Primer Minister Harper to engage in a dialogue with all First...
“Where Will Harper’s Isolationist Agenda Take Us?”
Media Release | Thursday, 04 Apr 2013OTTAWA – In the wake of the recent withdrawal by Canada from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Green Party of Canada condemns the Canadian abandonment of three other...
Canada Delivers Another Blow to Global Environmental Law
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Mar 2013OTTAWA – Prime Minister Harper's administration has once more shocked the community of nations by withdrawing from an environmental treaty. This time it is the 1994 United Nations Convention to...
Greens Question Veterans’ Support in Conservative Budget
Media Release | Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada questions Harper’s Conservatives commitment to Veterans in the Budget tabled last week. From the budget:“The Government has increased support for veterans and...
May Welcomes Indigenous Youth to Parliament Hill; Criticizes Harper’s Panda Priority
Media Release | Monday, 25 Mar 2013Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands today welcomes the indigenous young walkers of The Journey of Nishiyuu to Ottawa and Parliament Hill. “I know Canadians are moved by the...