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Fleet Separation Policy Needed to Protect Inshore Fisheries
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Mar 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on Minister Ashfield to ensure that Atlantic inshore fisheries are protected by the fleet separation policy. This policy prevents a company from both...
International Women's Day Puts Spotlight on Ottawa
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Mar 2012Recent Legislation Bound to Hurt Canada's Women OTTAWA - International Women’s Day is a reminder to celebrate the great achievements that society has made in recognizing the equality of women. “...
Greens Call for Sealing Industry Buyout as Sealers Demand More Subsidies to Stockpile Pelts
Media Release | Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012OTTAWA—The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Federal Government to study the feasibility of a one-time sealing industry buyout as markets for seal products have collapsed and climate change...
Green Cleaning Solutions for Dirty Politics
Media Release | Saturday, 03 Mar 2012TORONTO -The robocalls scandal shows the need for a wider clean-up of our electoral system, says the Green Party of Canada. “First of all, we need to have a public commission of inquiry into the...
Hamels appointed as Green Party of Canada's International Liaison
Media Release | Friday, 02 Mar 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Johan Hamels as its International Liaison. Johan Hamels, who has served as the Executive Director of the Green Party of...
A False Majority by Fraudulent Means?
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Mar 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party is calling for a public inquiry into the fraudulent robodials and a referendum on electoral reform. Suggesting that Canada’s first-past-the-post system is highly vulnerable...
More on the Robocalls
Blog | Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012As you can see from Monday's press release, my letter to Elections Canada of May 19, 2011, and from my motion for an emergency debate in the House, I take the threat to the right of Canadians to...
Canada may lose scientific pearl
Media Release | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012OTTAWA - Canada is losing a critical research lab just at a crucial time when more information is needed, says the Green Party of Canada. The Greens are strongly protesting the loss of funding that...
Canada’s Reputation on Human Rights Continues to Slide
Media Release | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is saddened but not shocked by the scathing review of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for Canada’s lack of...
The Robocalls
Blog | Monday, 27 Feb 2012With regards to the allegations of illegal “robocalls” during last federal election, these egregious actions deeply worry me, and I first raised them with Elections Canada last May 19th. Since this...