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Elizabeth May makes history in Saanich-Gulf Islands
Media Release | Tuesday, 03 May 2011The voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands (SGI) have made history, electing Canada’s first Green Member of Parliament. Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party, defeated Conservative Cabinet Minister Gary...
Green Party leader Elizabeth May to hold press conference on Tuesday morning
Media Release | Tuesday, 03 May 2011Elizabeth May, Green Party leader and Canada’s first elected Green MP, will hold a press conference on Tuesday morning. Ms. May will discuss her landslide victory in Saanich—Gulf Islands and the...
Election Day
Blog | Sunday, 01 May 2011This election has revolved around false attacks, fake anger and abuse of democracy. The government fell on a confidence vote due to contempt. The Prime Minister responded that he needed a majority...
Polling, Media and Where are the Greens?
Blog | Saturday, 23 Apr 2011I get a lot of people wondering about seeing Greens at 4%, or lower. It is hard for Canadians to know that those numbers are from polling companies that sometimes don't ask voters if they plan to...
Alberta
Blog | Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011The national leader's tour brought us to Calgary this morning. I must say I was surprised to hear that I was the first party leader to visit Calgary in this election campaign. Doubly surprising...
Small Business
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011Greens would cut the EI and CPP costs to employees and employers by one third, replacing those funds with charges on pollution. We need to give small business a break. Tax cuts to corporations do...
On corporate tax cuts
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011There goes the buzz word "job creators." Check out the empirical evidence. Corporate tax cuts do not create jobs. Canadian companies are increasingly head quartered in the US. We are just...
Another Issue not being discussed: Deficit
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011Once again, I am not hearing the words "structural deficit." The Parliamentary Budget Officer says that the conservatives have created a structural deficit. Mr Harper, you cannot get out of the...
More on Health
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011We do not think the health care system can be fixed by simply throwing money at it. We need to get a handle on costs of prescription drugs. We need a Pharmacare system, built on evidence based...
Greens On Health Care
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011All parties say they support continuing with a national health accord. Health care systems expert, Holly Dressel, spoke at a recent press conference to say the Green platform is the strongest of any...