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Greens surpass NDP in PEI vote
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The Green Party is increasingly the choice for voters in Prince Edward Island. In Monday's provincial election, the Greens saw gains, receiving 4.5% of the vote and surpassing the NDP at 3...
Discovery of Arctic Ozone Hole Brings Environment Canada Cuts Sharply into Focus
Media Release | Monday, 03 Oct 2011This past weekend, the journal Nature published a paper detailing, for the first time, the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer near the North Pole. This critical layer of our atmosphere is...
Manitoba Green Party Leader Fighting Tight Race in Election
Media Release | Monday, 03 Oct 2011WINNIPEG- Manitoba Green Party Leader James Beddome, candidate in the Winnipeg constituency of Wolseley, is in a tight battle that could elect the first provincial Green Party representative in...
Greens Mark Mental Health Awareness Week
Media Release | Monday, 03 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- Prevention and treatment of mental illness in Canada is an issue that deserves more attention, says the Green Party of Canada. Mental Illness Awareness Week is an important reminder to...
International Day of Older Persons
Media Release | Saturday, 01 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The International Day of Older Persons, on October 1st, is a day to celebrate the contributions that our seniors have provided to our country and to consider how we can better support them...
L'Shana Tova
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Sep 2011The Green Party of Canada wishes you L'Shana Tova as we celebrate Rosh Hashanah and G'mar Hatimah Tovah for the upcoming holiday of Yom Kippur. “On these holiest Jewish holidays, we send greetings...
Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Media Release | Monday, 26 Sep 2011The extremely aggressive cancer mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos, often appearing ten to fifty years after the exposure. On September 26th, the Green Party of Canada wants to help...
Goodbye to a Hero: Wangari Maathai
Media Release | Monday, 26 Sep 2011The Green Party of Canada is saddened by the news of the death of Wangari Maathai from cancer at the age of 71. "This is a great loss to the world," said Leader Elizabeth May. "We will endeavour to...
Greens support public action to oppose the Keystone pipeline
Media Release | Monday, 26 Sep 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is solidly in support of peaceful, non-violent opposition to the proposed Keystone pipeline. A rally was held today in Ottawa to protest the pipeline, which would...
May presents petition to end Shark Finning
Media Release | Sunday, 25 Sep 2011OTTAWA - In the House of Commons today, Green Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May presented a petition calling on the federal government to take action against...