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Deputy Leader of Green Party confirmed as federal candidate in Halifax
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018HALIFAX– Jo-Ann Roberts, veteran journalist and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, will be the party’s candidate in Halifax in the next federal election. Roberts won by acclamation during...
Liberals set up new debate commission with fair rules: Elizabeth May will be in the 2019 leaders’ debates
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould of a new Commission to run leaders...
David Merner named Democratic Reform Critic for Green Party of Canada
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018ESQUIMALT – Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has announced that David Merner, nominated Green candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, will join the party’s shadow cabinet with responsibility...
Elizabeth May sponsors whale and dolphin captivity bill
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) will sponsor Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, as it moves to the House of Commons today after...
Elizabeth May offers “tough love” to the Liberal’s carbon pricing plan
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018OTTAWA –Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) commended the carbon pricing plan outlined today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment and Climate Change...
The Green Wave rolls over Vancouver: election brings fresh green look to councils, boards
Media Release | Monday, 22 Oct 2018OTTAWA -- Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) today congratulated the 11 successful Green Party candidates in the B.C. municipal elections at the weekend, hailing...
Strange bedfellows: Canada’s power couple join forces to override privacy concerns
Media Release | Friday, 19 Oct 2018OTTAWA -- The Conservative and Liberal parties have joined forces to deny Canadians a fundamental human right -- the right to privacy -- by refusing to consider a legislative amendment that would...
Elizabeth May's speech during emergency debate on climate change
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018Elizabeth May’s Statement to the House of Commons during the Emergency Debate on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- October 15, 2018 Watch on Youtube >> Mr. Speaker...
David Merner named Green Party candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2018ESQUIMALT – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is delighted to announce that lawyer David Merner is the Green Party of Canada candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke....
IPCC report must be debated in Parliament. ‘Time is not on our side,’ says Elizabeth May.
Media Release | Monday, 15 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is asking House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency parliamentary debate on the alarming findings in...