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Earth Hour this Saturday: Greens to hold Candlelight Vigil on Parliament Hill
Media Release | Friday, 28 Mar 2014OTTAWA – Tomorrow evening, MPs and members of the Green Party of Canada will join concerned citizens, businesses and governments across the globe in turning off the lights for Earth Hour. Established...
Elizabeth May owns the podium
Media Release | Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014Following an announcement this morning from Treasury Board President Tony Clement, Elizabeth May took the podium. Watch what happens next: Can't see the video? Watch here >>
Greens shut out of House Committee on Fair Elections Act
Media Release | Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is outraged that Green, Bloc Quebecois, and independent MPs will all be denied the right to formally examine the highly controversial Bill C-23, the so-called Fair...
With the Harper Administration flailing on C-23, Conservative MPs need to check themselves
Statement | Tuesday, 25 Mar 2014Yesterday in the House of Commons, Conservative Members of Parliament Pierre Poilievre (Minister of State for Democratic Reform) and Ted Opitz accused Elizabeth May, and the Green Party of Canada, of...
For Canadian youth, the future isn't what it used to be
Blog | Monday, 24 Mar 2014“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that ruin which except for renewal, except for the...
World Water Day 2014: Canada’s water crisis and climate crisis are one and the same
Media Release | Saturday, 22 Mar 2014OTTAWA – On the occasion of World Water Day 2014, the Green Party of Canada wishes to bring attention to the many significant threats that Canada’s fresh and tidewaters are currently facing. World...
Greens urge Harper to accept Supreme Court's decision on Marc Nadon appointment
Media Release | Friday, 21 Mar 2014The Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May (MP-Saanich-Gulf Islands) is calling upon the Prime Minister to accept today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Canada:"It was obvious even as C...
On UN International Day of Forests, Canadian Greens celebrate our forests
Media Release | Friday, 21 Mar 2014OTTAWA – On this the second annual International Day of Forests, the Green Party of Canada highlighted the critical importance of our nation’s forests both to Canadians and to the world. With ten...
What’s up with FATCA? An issue that should concern more than those Canadians with ties to the US
Blog | Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014There was a time when the United States had high regard for its own rules of citizenship. If a US citizen moved to another country, took up citizenship in that other country and lived there for more...
4 facts about Keystone XL:
Blog | Monday, 17 Mar 2014Last week I wrote to US Secretary of State John Kerry to urge him to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In the letter I was clear about four Keystone XL facts:- Keystone hurts the...