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May Celebrates Decision to Keep Plant Health Centre Open
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012OTTAWA -Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is today celebrating the Conservatives' reversal of their decision to close the Centre for Plant Health on...
Virginia Ervin Green Party Nominated Candidate in Durham
Media Release | Monday, 29 Oct 2012BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce Virginia Ervin as the nominated candidate for Durham. “Virginia was our candidate in 2004 and 2006 and will do an excellent job...
Chinese Investor Lawsuits Could Cripple Canada
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012NAFTA Suits a Warning of Canada-China Treaty Potential OTTAWA – As the Harper Conservatives move steadily toward the probable November 2 ratification of the Canada-China Investment Treaty, an...
The Canada-China Investment Treaty Cannot be Ratified Without Provinces’ Approval
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012OTTAWA – With only 9 days to go before the Harper Conservatives can legally ratify the Canada-China Investment Treaty, the Green Party of Canada wants to emphasize the fact that ratification without...
Green Party Past President and Arctic Scientist Wins Seat in Whitehorse
Media Release | Friday, 19 Oct 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada sends sincere congratulations to new Whitehorse City Councillor John Streicker.John is an Arctic scientist and community advocate. He is the past President of the...
Bill C-45 Greatly Diminishes Right to Unimpeded Navigable Waters
Media Release | Thursday, 18 Oct 2012OTTAWA – In Bill C-38, Stephen Harper gutted environmental laws brought in by Brian Mulroney. Now he has gone after environmental laws brought in by Sir John A. Macdonald. Bill C-45, a second Act to...
The Feds May Have Known of Geoengineering Experiment in BC
Media Release | Thursday, 18 Oct 2012OTTAWA – UK Newspaper The Guardian revealed yesterday that an American businessman conducted a massive ocean fertilisation test, dumping around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate off British Columbia's...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is observing the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th. “The theme of the 2012 observance is ‘Ending the Violence of...
Support For P.E.I. Greens’ Leader
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012OTTAWA – On 9 October 2012, Peter Bevan-Baker, incoming Leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) was served papers by the RCMP after he protested the realignment of the Trans-Canada...
Bill C-43 = the Faster Removal of Civil Liberties Act
Media Release | Wednesday, 03 Oct 2012May Warns of Increase in Ministerial Discretion/Vague, Undefined Criteria OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today welcomed additional debate on Bill C-43, while...