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Human Rights: Do We Take Them for Granted?
Media Release | Friday, 09 Dec 2011On a downtown street in our capital stands a monument in honour of the contributions Canada has played in the past as an international leader in HumanRights. Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party...
Collaborative Approach Needed to Help Attawapiskat
Media Release | Friday, 09 Dec 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling for continued and sustained political cooperation to resolve the ongoing First Nations issues in Canada. "The story of Attawapiskat is heartbreaking but...
Joslyn Mine Approval During Climate Negotiations Wrong, says Greens
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Dec 2011DURBAN - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says the new Joslyn oil sands mine should never have been approved. “It is further proof that the Harper government does not take climate or climate...
What Global Greens demand for Durban and beyond
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Dec 2011OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, spoke today from Durban with several international Green parliamentarians to call for...
Harper not above the law.... Not on Wheat Board or Global Climate Law
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Dec 2011The Green Party of Canada was pleased today with the ruling of Federal Court Judge Douglas Campbell that the Harper government violated legislation in its efforts to rush through the killing of the...
Green Parties in Canada condemn government’s sabotage of international climate agreement
Media Release | Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011OTTAWA - Leaders and representatives of the Green Parties of Canada, Yukon, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island expressed...
Violence against Women still a concern in Canada
Media Release | Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011OTTAWA - On the anniversary of the shooting at Montreal's École Polytechnique, the Green Party of Canada and the party’s Quebec Wing are sad to note that violence against women is still a great...
Action, not words needed to help Persons with Disabilities
Media Release | Saturday, 03 Dec 2011OTTAWA - December 3rd marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, with a theme for 2011 of "Together for a better world for all." Recently there has been much media coverage on the...
CEAA Terminated?
Media Release | Friday, 02 Dec 2011The Green Party of Canada is expressing outrage over the termination of the legally required review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and is calling for committee meetings to begin...
Elizabeth May heading to UN climate negotiations in Durban
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Dec 2011OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, will depart for Durban, South Africa, hoping to make a difference in Canada’s position...