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Greens, Coalition, and Scientists Demand Exploration Halt in Gulf
Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012 - HALIFAX – The Green Party of Canada, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition, and two prominent scientists today called for an exploration and drilling moratorium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence –...
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May Demands Public Inquiry into Future of Strategic Resource - Latest Chinese Acquisition in Oil Sands Raises Serious Concerns
Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – The proposed purchase of Calgary-based Nexen Inc., Canada’s 12th-largest energy company, by the China National Offshore Oil Company, CNOOC Ltd., for $15.1-billion (U.S.) should be setting...
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Elizabeth May to Speak at Save Katimavik Rally - Green Party Leader Says Conservatives Hurting Young People
Thursday, 19 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, will be speaking at a Toronto rally this weekend in an attempt to stop the national volunteer programme, Katimavik, from being...
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Harper's Canada: Arms Trade More Important Than Human Life
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada deplores the direction Canada has taken in the United Nations arms trade treaty negotiations that began July 2 in New York. In its opening statement at the...
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Green Party Opposes Incineration in Yukon - Build Canada Fund Burns Garbage
Monday, 16 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is fuming about the use of Build Canada Fund money to burn garbage in Haines Junction, Yukon. The village – the Gateway to Kluane National Park – plans to burn the...
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Green Convention to be held in BC this August
Monday, 16 Jul 2012 - SIDNEY - The Saanich-Gulf Islands riding association is proud to host the 2012 Green Party Convention in Sidney, BC, on August 17-19th, 2012. The convention will be held at the beautiful Mary...
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Harper Conservatives’ Policies Make Mockery of International Convention to Protect Wetlands
Friday, 13 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – The 11th Meeting of the UN Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP11) wrapped up today in Bucharest, Romania. This international effort to conserve...
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Secret Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Are Good News for Harper’s Corporate Supporters
Thursday, 12 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – The thirteenth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP) negotiations concluded in San Diego yesterday after the White House formally informed Congress that Canada would...
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Greens Urge Government to Re-instate IJC on Great Lakes Water Quality Nuclear Task Force
Wednesday, 11 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the government of Canada to re-instate the International Joint Commission (IJC) on Great Lakes Water Quality Nuclear Task Force complete with...
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May Offers Gwaii Haanas Book to Canadians - MP Hopes Citizens Will Be Inspired to Fight for Nature Once Again
Wednesday, 11 Jul 2012 - OTTAWA – On the 25th anniversary of the creation of Gwaii Haanas (South Moresby) National Park Reserve, British Columbia, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today announced...
