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“The clock could well be running out” Elizabeth May urges government to heed new report from Environment Commissioner
Media Release | Wednesday, 03 Oct 2018OTTAWA – The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand, tabled three reports today in Parliament – on toxic substances, protecting marine mammals and departmental...
Elizabeth May calls for emergency debate on threat to marine life in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Media Release | Monday, 01 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has asked House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency debate on new scientific research that has...
The Green Party of Canada concludes another successful convention
Media Release | Sunday, 30 Sep 2018VANCOUVER -- More than 300 Green Party of Canada members from every corner of the country gathered at the party’s national convention in Vancouver over the weekend to discuss policy, celebrate Green...
Green Party fighting to prevent expansion of foreign corporate power in CP-TPP
Media Release | Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018(OTTAWA) — Canadian sovereignty is once again being threatened by an agreement to create a major new trade zone currently moving through Parliament. Bill C-79 will allow Canada to ratify the...
Congratulations, David, Megan and Kevin! Green wave washes across New Brunswick
Media Release | Monday, 24 Sep 2018OTTAWA -- Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) extended congratulations to the New Brunswick Greens for their history-making performance in today’s provincial...
“It’s time to tell the whole truth about the NEB and the pipeline expansion” says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Friday, 21 Sep 2018OTTAWA -- “The National Energy Board’s process and report on the Trans Mountain pipeline project have been so flawed that the only sensible thing to do is to re-open the hearing process and get the...
Without changes the government’s strategic assessment on climate change is woefully inadequate, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Thursday, 06 Sep 2018(OTTAWA) – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has welcomed the decision by Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna to publish the discussion paper...
Statement on Labour Day 2018
Media Release | Friday, 31 Aug 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) issued the following statement to mark Labour Day 2018: “Canadians must resist the temptation to simply see Labour Day...
Time to wake up, Mr. Trudeau . . . this pipe dream is over
Media Release | Thursday, 30 Aug 2018OTTAWA ‒ Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) says the Trudeau’s Liberals must now face reality, cut their losses and walk away from the Kinder Morgan pipeline project after...
Green Party extends “leader’s courtesy” to Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby South by-election
Media Release | Thursday, 16 Aug 2018(VICTORIA, B.C.) -- Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) announced today that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has accepted her offer of the “leader’s courtesy”, which means...