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Green Party Urges Restraint in Canadian Response to United Nations Vote
Media Release | Friday, 30 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May urged that the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird take a more reasoned and balanced...
Elizabeth May to Speak to Budget Omnibus Bill C-45, Table Amendments
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Nov 2012OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will table dozens of substantive policy amendments to Budget Omnibus Bill C-45 when it returns to the House of Commons for Report Stage on Thursday, November...
May calls on Prime Minister to change course at UN climate talks
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Party leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, held a press conference today to explain the importance of the UN Climate Conference (COP18) unfolding in Doha, Qatar, until...
Top Musicians, Water Advocates, MPs Oppose Elimination of the Navigable Waters Protection Act
Media Release | Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Singer-songwriters Sarah Harmer and Leslie Feist joined Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, today to speak out against the Harper Conservatives’ elimination of the Navigable...
The Green Candidates are Contenders
Media Release | Monday, 26 Nov 2012VICTORIA, BC – Green Leader Elizabeth May reacted to by-elections results tonight before leaving Victoria for Ottawa.“I want to congratulate Green candidates Donald Galloway, Chris Turner and...
Green Party Calls for Greater Action to Stop Violence Against Women/Girls
Media Release | Saturday, 24 Nov 2012On the eve of the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Green Party calls on the Harper Conservatives to act more decisively to help end this daily...
Elizabeth May is the Parliamentarian of the Year
Media Release | Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Leader Elizabeth May won top honours at tonight’s 2012 Parliamentarian of the Year Awards, an annual event organised by Macleans’ and L’Actualité. The MPs themselves voted in eight...
Leaders From Five National Green Parties Condemn Closure of Indigenous Association by Russia
Media Release | Friday, 16 Nov 2012OTTAWA, OSLO, HELSINKI, MOSCOW, WASHINGTON– The leaders of Green parties of Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia and the United States unite their voices in condemning the closure of the Russian...
Operation Pillar of Defense Is Not The Answer
Media Release | Friday, 16 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Again, Hamas bombing and Israeli retaliation have escalated. It should be clear that continuing to make war will not bring peace.Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense comes a mere three...
International Day for Tolerance
Media Release | Thursday, 15 Nov 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is joining with many across the globe to mark the International Day for Tolerance on November 16th. “At a time when civilians are being killed in the Middle East,...