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Will The Office of Religious Freedom Remain Silent on Tibet?
Friday, 08 Mar 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is observing the 54th Tibetan Uprising Day this Sunday. On March 10th 1959, the people of Tibet rose against China's illegal rule. Thousands of Tibetans were...
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Green Party Exposes Worsening Conditions for Canadian Women
Thursday, 07 Mar 2013 - OTTAWA – As the world prepares to mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, March 8, the Green Party is celebrating the valuable role of women in Canadian society. It also notes their worsening...
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Why won’t Prime Minister Harper remove Arthur Porter from the Privy Council?
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013 - OTTAWA – Prime Minister Harper could remove the disgraced former head of Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) from the highest level of government, the Privy Council. “Although he appears...
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Greens Denounce Threat of Extreme Cuts to VIA Rail
Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – The Main Estimates for 2013-14 tabled this week by the President of the Treasury Board, Minister Tony Clement, forecast a drastic budget cut for VIA Rail Canada. The numbers [p. 386] show...
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Green Leader Urges MPs to Vote in Favour of C-400
Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May will vote in favour of Bill C-400 this evening and urges her fellow MPs to do the same. Bill C-400, the Act to...
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Open Letter to Yukon Premier on Peel Watershed Plan
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May sent yesterday an open letter to the Honourable Darrell Pasloski, Yukon Premier, and the Honourable Brad Cathers...
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Federal Court Challenge on Constitutionality of Refugee Health Cuts Supported
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has thrown her support behind Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care (CDRC), the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), and...
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Harper’s Conservatives Inaction Towards GHG is “Suicidal”
Monday, 25 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – Harper’s Conservatives tabled the 2012 Progress Report of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy on February 15th. This significant document makes public Canada’s latest greenhouse gas...
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World Day of Social Justice: Stronger Communities and a Safer World
Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – The United Nations' (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20th. It is to encourage people to look at how social justice is being planned for and promoted by our...
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Conservatives’ Attempts to Take Credit for Emission Decreases Unwarranted
Friday, 15 Feb 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today noted that Environment Canada’s 2011 Air Pollutant Emission Summaries and Historical Emission Trends, based on the National...
