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Statement on Jane Sterk’s Resignation
Statement | Tuesday, 13 Aug 2013OTTAWA – Statement from Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands: “I want to pay tribute to Jane Sterk, who is retiring from the leadership of the BC...
Canada is missing out on global clean-tech revolution
Blog | Sunday, 11 Aug 2013Remember the 2008 Speech from the Throne? I may be the only one who does. In the context of “Securing our energy future by developing our rich energy resources and pursuing new cleaner energy...
Canada’s Peacekeepers Needed Worldwide
Media Release | Friday, 09 Aug 2013August 9 marks Canada’s National Peacekeepers' Day. “Canada should be showing its leadership by promoting peace efforts around the world,” remarked Green Party leader Elizabeth May, MP, Saanich-Gulf...
Greens Call for Cambodian Election Inquiry
Media Release | Friday, 09 Aug 2013The Green Party of Canada supports an independent, international investigation into charges of numerous, wide-ranging irregularities in Cambodia's recent parliamentary elections. "We thank the...
August 6th is Hiroshima Day
Statement | Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada commemorates today the 68th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. The city of Hiroshima, Japan, was bombed on Augusts 6th, 1945. “Now is the time to...
Elizabeth May in Comox to Support Missing Person Index
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Aug 2013COMOX, BC – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth is in Comox tomorrow to participate in an event to press for “Lindsay's Law” in honour of Lindsay Nicholls and to help the families of missing...
Harper’s enemies list
Blog | Wednesday, 31 Jul 2013The political news of the summer was supposed to be the Cabinet shuffle. It had been hyped well in advance. Unexpectedly, it was the leak of the compilation of an “enemies list” that distracted us...
Oil sands: the difficult poster child for Canada’s environmental record
Blog | Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013The Government of Canada will clearly spare no expense in extolling the environmental virtues of oil sands bitumen. We spend millions in promotion, domestic advertizing for our “Responsible Resource...
Canada Day prescription
Blog | Thursday, 18 Jul 2013On my Canada Day travels, I was asked what I would change about democracy in Canada. There is so much wrong in the current state of politics that people might think there is no available remedy. The...
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Jul 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada wishes to mark Nelson Mandela Day on July 18th. Every year on that date — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the United Nations joins a call by the Nelson Mandela...