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“Canada Should Take Good Note of India’s Freeze on All Investment Protection Agreements”
Media Release | Thursday, 14 Mar 2013OTTAWA – With ratification of the Canada-China Investment Treaty still pending, the Green Party of Canada underscores India’s decision to move away from bilateral investment protection agreements and...
Implementation of FATCA Likely Unconstitutional, Says Leading Constitutional Expert
Media Release | Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013OTTAWA – In a letter to the Department of Finance by leading Canadian constitutional expert Peter Hogg, and obtained by Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, through an Access to Information request,...
Will The Office of Religious Freedom Remain Silent on Tibet?
Media Release | Friday, 08 Mar 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Green Party Exposes Worsening Conditions for Canadian Women
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Mar 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Why won’t Prime Minister Harper remove Arthur Porter from the Privy Council?
Media Release | Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Greens Denounce Threat of Extreme Cuts to VIA Rail
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Green Leader Urges MPs to Vote in Favour of C-400
Media Release | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Open Letter to Yukon Premier on Peel Watershed Plan
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Federal Court Challenge on Constitutionality of Refugee Health Cuts Supported
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013OTTAWA – 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...
Harper’s Conservatives Inaction Towards GHG is “Suicidal”
Media Release | Monday, 25 Feb 2013OTTAWA – 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...