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    Pipeline Hearings Disrespectful to Indigenous Languages

    Media Release | Monday, 13 Feb 2012
    OTTAWA -- Lorraine Rekmans, Aboriginal Affairs Critic for the Green Party of Canada, is appalled at the treatment being given to Indigenous language speakers at the Joint Review Panel hearings on the...

    Growing Erosion of Human Rights Concerns Canadians

    Media Release | Friday, 10 Feb 2012
    OTTAWA -- Canadians have historically held human rights as one of our most important and cherished values.  The recent downplaying of basic human rights for excuses of justice, trade and security is...

    No Benefits to BC in Risky Pipeline and Tanker Scheme

    Media Release | Friday, 10 Feb 2012
    Ottawa -- BC Greens together with their federal counterparts in the Green Party of Canada are solidly opposed to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and the associated increase in tanker traffic...

    May’s Office welcomes new Media Advisor

    Media Release | Thursday, 09 Feb 2012
    MP Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) is pleased to announce that Kathleen O`Hara has joined her Parliamentary Office as Media Advisor.  Said May, “We have an extraordinary team in my office on the...

    First Democratically Elected Leader of Maldives Ousted

    Media Release | Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012
    OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is deeply concerned about the situation in the Maldives and calls on Canada to exert diplomatic pressure to avoid further violence and work for a peaceful...

    Violence in Syria must stop

    Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012
    OTTAWA --  The Green Party of Canada is urging Russia and China to re-join other UN Security Council members in trying to prevent a catastrophic civil war in Syria before it is too late.Canada should...

    No Exceptions for Torture

    Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012
    OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is condemning the Conservative shift in policy to now accept information obtained by torture.  “The US has already been down this dark road.  Canada should not...