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The Death of Bill C-30
Blog | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013It is so rare, that the tendency is to rush on to the next thing. I speak of our victories – so few and far between. The announcement that the so-called “Protecting children from Internet Predators...
Conservatives’ Attempts to Take Credit for Emission Decreases Unwarranted
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today noted that Environment Canada’s 2011 Air Pollutant Emission Summaries and Historical Emission Trends, based on the National...
May Asks Prime Minister Why Airport Security Being Abandoned
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Today, in Question Period, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, asked the Prime Minister to explain the rationale for discontinuing the RCMP and other police presence...
Green Party Statement on the National Flag of Canada Day
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Statement by Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, on the National Flag of Canada Day, 15 February 2013: “48 years ago today we witnessed the birth of...
Statement on Annual Day of Justice for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Statement | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013Today, as we all know, is a day of love and appreciation. It is also an opportunity to recognize humanity’s ability to show care and concern for others, especially those among us who have been...
Is the U.S. finally going to move on the climate crisis?
Blog | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013When a situation is as desperate as the climate crisis and yet, year after year, no leadership emerges, it is hard to believe that the situation may be changing. Like Charlie Brown running up to Lucy...
Political Cooperation
Blog | Monday, 11 Feb 2013Greens favour a cooperative strategy in the next federal election. We need to move away from First Past the Post (FPTP), to a voting system that will ensure every vote counts and that the popular...
List of Fracking Substances Still Secret
Media Release | Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013OTTAWA – In his report tabled this morning, the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development revealed Environment Canada and Health Canada do not have a complete list of substances...
Forecasted Supertankers Growth Make Oil Spill Unpreparedness “Extremely Worrisome”
Media Release | Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is worried by the conclusions reached by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development in his report tabled this morning. “Commissioner Vaughan...
Forecasted Supertankers Growth Make Oil Spill Unpreparedness “Extremely Worrisome”
Media Release | Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is worried by the conclusions reached by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development in his report tabled this morning. “Commissioner Vaughan...