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Green Party condemns Government of Afghanistan’s plan to reintroduce stoning as punishment for adultery
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Following the announcement that the Government of Afghanistan planned to reinstate the Taliban-era practice of punishing adultery with public stoning, the Green Party of Canada today voiced...
On International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, Green Party calls on Harper Conservatives to take action for Canada’s missing and murdered Aboriginal women
Media Release | Monday, 25 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Today marks the 32nd annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the Green Party is calling on the Harper Conservatives to act more decisively to help end this...
Call it like it is: Green Party supports EU initiative to label Canadian bitumen exports “dirty fuel”
Media Release | Thursday, 21 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Despite months of aggressive lobbying from the Canadian government, the European Parliament remains poised to support a measure that would see Canadian bitumen exports labeled as more...
Elizabeth May Canada's Hardest Working MP of 2013
Media Release | Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada Leader and MP For Saanich-Gulf Islands, was named Canada's Hardest Working MP of 2013 at last night's Parliamentarian of the Year Awards, an annual event...
COP 19 Rejection Letter from Minister Aglukkaq received by Elizabeth May and All-Party Climate Caucus
Media Release | Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013Bourassa Green Party Candidate concerned about use of taxpayer funds for partisan purposes
Media Release | Monday, 18 Nov 2013MONTREAL - Bourassa Green Party of Canada candidate Danny Polifroni is concerned about the use of taxpayer funds for partisan purposes. According to an article published today in Le Devoir, this is a...
Elizabeth May joins Afghanistan delegation at UN climate conference
Media Release | Monday, 18 Nov 2013WARSAW, POLAND: Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May today announced that she has joined the Afghanistan delegation at the COP 19 UN climate conference, and will thus have access to high-...
Green Party Announces Appointment of Toronto By-Election Candidate John Deverell as Democratic Reform Critic
Media Release | Friday, 15 Nov 2013OTTAWA: The Green Party of Canada today announced the appointment of John Deverell as the Party’s Democratic Reform Critic. In September, the Green Party's Electoral District Association in Toronto...
Via Climate Action Network: Canada rewarded with ‘Fossil of Disbelief’ at COP 19 for supporting Australian climate inaction
Media Release | Thursday, 14 Nov 2013WARSAW, Poland – Canada was awarded a ‘Fossil of Disbelief’ as part of the long-running ‘Fossil of the Day’ awards series at the UN climate talks in Warsaw. The special award was granted for the...
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to attend UN climate negotiations in Poland
Media Release | Thursday, 14 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, will be in Warsaw, Poland, from November 17 to 22, as the only Canadian Opposition Member of Parliament...