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Assault on Seasonal Industries in C-38
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - SIDNEY -- The Harper Conservatives’ proposed changes to Employment Insurance appear to be fundamental and are not discussed in the budget. Rhetoric in the House of Commons by the Conservatives seems...
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Provincial and Federal Greens Condemn the Denial of Democracy
Friday, 18 May 2012 - MONTREAL – The Green Party of Quebec and the Green Party of Canada stood united today to condemn the Charest government's high-handed approach chosen to resolve the student crisis through the...
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Greens Horrified by Harper Conservatives’ Plan to Privatize Globally Respected Research Area
Friday, 18 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Today in Question Period, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Randy Kamp, confirmed that the Experimental Lakes Area (www.saveela.org) is to be sold off to private...
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May Warns of Irreparable Environmental Damage in Our North: Oil and Gas Development Must Not Be Rushed
Friday, 18 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, warned the Harper Conservatives not to move recklessly on expanding northern offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea before more is...
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Greens Celebrate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Thursday, 17 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- The Green Party has a vision of a Canada that is free from discrimination, including people having the right to live their lives without discrimination for their sexual orientation. “We...
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Greens Commend UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada commends UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter on his honest appraisal of Canada's status with respect to the right to food. After an 11-day visit to Canada,...
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Greens bring forward "last chance" amendments to fix copyright law
Monday, 14 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- Today in the House of Commons, the Speaker selected 18 amendments from Green Party leader on C-11, the new Copyright Act. Despite attempts by NDP and Liberal MPs to makes substantive...
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May Clarifies Deliberately Confusing Bill C-38
Thursday, 10 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today listed and explained the dangerous and damaging impacts that Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Bill, will have on...
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Environment Commissioner tells the truth Stephen Harper doesn't want to hear
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 - OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan today released his report on Canada's climate action and progress in cleaning up federal contaminated sites. "Dealing with climate and toxic waste...
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May Gives Full Support to New Environment Campaign
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 - Emphasizes Need to Combat Harper’s Environmental Destruction Master Plan OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, today gave her full support to the newly...