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Harper’s Disdain for Canada Exposed in Washington: Our Embassy Ignores July 1, Celebrates July 4
Media Release | Friday, 29 Jun 2012OTTAWA – As Canadians across the country mark Canada Day with pride, the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., is doing nothing to mark our country’s 145th birthday. And yet, on July 4, guests have...
Canada: Hats Off to Those Who Give Peace Top Priority
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Jun 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is pleased to share in the celebration of the second awarding of Canadian Peace Negotiators. Paul Maillet, former Green Party candidate for the riding of Ottawa-...
As Parliament Rises for the Summer…
Blog | Saturday, 23 Jun 2012The appalling 420 page so-called omnibus budget implementation bill, C-38, managed to get rubber stamped without a single change. All 700+ of the Opposition amendments were defeated after a...
May Tables Private Members Bill on Lyme Disease: National Conference, Education Required for Neglected Ailment
Media Release | Thursday, 21 Jun 2012OTTAWA – In response to the growing threat of Lyme Disease in Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today introduced a Private Members Bill to create a National Lyme...
First Nations and their allies oppose closure of Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area
Media Release | Thursday, 21 Jun 2012OTTAWA - The recent decision by the Government of Canada to terminate a world-class federal research program, the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), diminishes the government’s capacity to deal with...
June 21 National Aboriginal Day: a Reminder of First Nations Contributions
Media Release | Thursday, 21 Jun 2012OTTAWA -- On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, the Green Party of Canada says a very sincere thank you to First Nations. “This year, as we put a focus on the 200 year anniversary of the war of 1812...
World Refugee Day
Media Release | Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is saddened on World Refugee Day, June 20th, that the federal government has recently passed Bill C-31, to the detriment of refugees seeking a new life in Canada. "...
May Tables Bill C-436, the Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act
Media Release | Tuesday, 19 Jun 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today tabled Private Members Bill C-436, the Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act. This Bill will require the Government of...
No Conservative MPs Take Omnibus Quiz
Media Release | Tuesday, 19 Jun 2012OTTAWA – On the morning after Bill C-38 passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, not one Conservative MP showed up for the Green Party’s Omnibus Quiz – or 425-Page Challenge. “I am disappointed...
May Challenges Conservative MPs to an Omnibus Quiz
Media Release | Monday, 18 Jun 2012OTTAWA – After the refusal of the Prime Minister to allow Conservative Members of Parliament to vote their conscience on any of the 700 amendments to C-38 during the Report Stage voting marathon last...