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Green Party Supports the #idlenomore Movement
Media Release | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada calls on all Canadians to take part in #idlenomore events throughout Canada. Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, specifically...
“Day of Shame”: Canada Officially Out of Kyoto
Media Release | Friday, 14 Dec 2012OTTAWA – On December 15th, Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol will take legal effect. Canada will be the only nation out of more than 180 to legally exit the protocol. “It is the first...
Grassroots Petition Presses For Robocall Scandal Inquiry
Media Release | Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012OTTAWA – Members of Parliament Elizabeth May (Saanich–Gulf Island), Craig Scott (Toronto–Danforth) and Stéphane Dion (St-Laurent–Cartierville) joined forces today and tabled a petition calling for an...
Green Party Calls on Israeli Leadership to Re-Calibrate Messaging on New Settlement Plans
Media Release | Friday, 07 Dec 2012OTTAWA - Green Party Leader and MP for Saanich–Gulf Island Elizabeth May today questioned the logic of recent Israeli government messaging that it will proceed with new settlement plans in the E-1...
December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Media Release | Wednesday, 05 Dec 2012OTTAWA – Statement by Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands: “All Canadians should take a moment to pause and reflect on the anniversary of the École...
Muskrat Falls: “How Was the Decision Made?”
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Dec 2012OTTAWA – The decision by Stephen Harper to grant a $6.3-billion loan guarantee to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project must be reconsidered. “Taking on another mega energy-generating project is a...
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...