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    Elizabeth May Applauds New Step Towards Asbestos Ban

    Media Release | Tuesday, 18 Sep 2012
    Long Overdue Decision Welcomed With Relief by Green Leader  OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May today applauded the Government of Canada’s decision to stop blocking the international community’...

    Greens mourn the passing of Peter Lougheed

    Media Release | Friday, 14 Sep 2012
    The Green Party joins all Canadians in mourning the passing of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, who died yesterday at age 84.  “I was so very sad to hear of Peter Lougheed's death,” said...

    The Edmonton-Vancouver Pipeline Expansion Should be Stopped

    Media Release | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2012
    Vancouver, BC and Federal Green Leaders Collectively Oppose Pipeline Expansion OTTAWA/VANCOUVER – Leaders representing municipal, provincial and federal Green parties held a press conference in...

    Calgary Reconsidered

    Blog | Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012
    Six truths about the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown Chris Turner I first came to know Calgary, as many do, driving along highways and broad suburban avenues, through the nowhere geography of...

    Life sciences and the commodification of everything

    Blog | Monday, 10 Sep 2012
    It was once the case that the term “life sciences” meant the scientific study of living organisms. It meant biology, zoology, ecology, and even bio-ethics. In what must have been a public relations...

    Stephen Harper and the melting Arctic

    Blog | Thursday, 06 Sep 2012
    In what has become an annual media photo-op, Stephen Harper made his seasonal trek to Canada’s North in August.  The bravado of proclamations of “use it or lose it” Arctic sovereignty and flexing of...

    Labour Day brings Concern over Erosion of Workers' Rights

    Media Release | Monday, 03 Sep 2012
    OTTAWA - This Labour Day, the Green Party is expressing concern over the maintenance of labour rights in Canada.  "It is so important that the federal government support the right of all workers in...