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Elizabeth May Voted “Hardest Working MP” and “Best Constituency MP”
Monday, 13 May 2013 - OTTAWA – The Hill Times announced today the winners of its 21st Annual Politically Savvy Survey and Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, earned top honours in...
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400 ppm: A Dangerous Pollution Milestone Has Been Passed
Friday, 10 May 2013 - OTTAWA – The concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has reached the 400 parts per million (ppm) milestone today according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...
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May 11th is the First-Ever World Lyme Disease Day
Friday, 10 May 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada wishes to mark the first-ever World Lyme Disease Day on Saturday, May 11th. Green Leader Elizabeth May introduced a Private Member’s Bill in June 2012 calling for...
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Canada Should Stand Up to the Chemical Industry and Protect Bees
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada urges Harper’s Conservatives to follow the European Commission’s lead and ban the neonicotinoid pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) blamed for...
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Greens Ask Ethics Commissioner to Investigate Harper’s Conflict of Interest in Labrador By-election
Monday, 06 May 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sent a letter Friday to Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson asking her to “undertake an examination, and issue a public ruling, with...
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Elizabeth May Tables Bill Targeting Excessive Party Discipline
Thursday, 02 May 2013 - OTTAWA – Green Leader Elizabeth May held a press conference today on her new Private Member’s Bill called An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (local endorsement of candidate). “On this day, two...
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Greens: Conservatives Working Against Workers
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party is proud to join today’s international May Day celebrations, especially at a time when workers’ rights and security are clearly under attack by the Harper Conservatives. Also...
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New Disposal at Sea Regulations Potentially “Damaging”: May
Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – The Harper Conservatives have quietly posted new regulations in the Canada Gazette concerning the disposal of “dredged waste or other matter at sea (disposal at sea).” This includes the “...
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Statement by Elizabeth May on C-15
Monday, 29 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – Statement by Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May on Bill C-15, the Strengthening Military Justice in Defence of Canada Act, which will...
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ELA: Greens Congratulates Wynne for her Leadership
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada warmly congratulates Premier Kathleen Wynne for her leadership in saving the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) together with the International Institute for Sustainable...
