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Apologizing to the world for blocking asbestos listing
Media Release | Wednesday, 29 Jun 2011OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada has launched the “We’re sorry!” campaign to apologize to the rest of the world for the Harper government’s action on asbestos. On June 24, Canada became the only...
Canada shamed on international stage
Media Release | Thursday, 23 Jun 2011OTTAWA - Canada, once admired around the world, is fast gaining a reputation as a regressive country, blocking progress without any care for who is harmed. After refusing to join the consensus to...
Greens condemn ideologically-driven layoffs
Media Release | Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011OTTAWA - The Harper government has begun its slashing of the public sector by eliminating more than twenty percent of the National Research Council’s budget. This is in addition to the 50 jobs cut...
On June 21, Canadians celebrate National Aboriginal Day
Media Release | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2011OTTAWA - National Aboriginal Day can serve to remind us that Canada has a long way to go in addressing the profound inequality of life on First Nations Reserves and life for off-reserve urban...
Food Prices on agenda at G20 Agriculture Ministers Summit
Media Release | Monday, 20 Jun 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to show real leadership at the upcoming G20 Agriculture Meetings in Paris by supporting efforts to stabilize the price...
Another chance to list Asbestos as Hazardous: Will Canada block again?
Media Release | Monday, 20 Jun 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party is reiterating its call for Canada’s government to step out of the way of chrysotile asbestos being listed as a hazardous substance under the United Nations Rotterdam...
Greens pleased government agrees to hearings on “mega trials” bill
Media Release | Thursday, 16 Jun 2011OTTAWA –The Green Party is pleased the government and other opposition parties have agreed to a compromise, allowing expedited hearings on the so-called “mega trials” legislation. “Legislation like...
Canada failing Kyoto Protocol commitments and the planet
Media Release | Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May today held a press conference about Canada's dismal performance at the UN climate change negotiations now taking place in Bonn. The negotiations started last...
Greens will not allow mega-trial bill to proceed without due consideration
Media Release | Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011OTTAWA –Demonstrating that one MP can make a difference in Parliament, Green Party Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Elizabeth May, is denying unanimous consent in the House of Commons to fast-...
End sealing subsidies and keep DFO conservation programs, say Greens
Media Release | Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011OTTAWA – The Green Party says the Conservative government should axe federal subsidies to the commercial seal hunt to find budgetary savings in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The government...