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Killing Environmental Science
Blog | Friday, 01 Jun 2012There has been no announcement of the devastating decision to stop studying the natural world, but the evidence is piling up that such a decision has been taken. It is no secret that Stephen Harper...
National Aboriginal History Month Marred By Harper Cuts: First Nations “Hardest Hit by Harper Conservatives”
Media Release | Friday, 01 Jun 2012OTTAWA – This year, National Aboriginal History Month has been marred by the deep and heartless cuts to everything from the protection of the environment in or near First Nations’ communities to...
China in Transition: It is Time for Canadians to Speak out
Media Release | Friday, 01 Jun 2012The Green Party of Canada is calling for Canadians to demand accountability for human rights abuses in nations with which we trade. “China is a nation in transition. In the past couple of decades, it...
More Cuts to Capacity to Handle Oil Spills on BC Coast
Media Release | Thursday, 31 May 2012OTTAWA -- The curtailment of the Department of Fisheries and Ocean's Centre for Off-shore Oil, Gas, and Energy Research (COOGER) is a dangerous setback for the safety and integrity of the coastline...
Minister’s Neglect Will Cost Veteran His Homestead
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 May 2012OTTAWA -- A New Brunswick veteran will lose his house and property this Friday because of Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Steven Blaney refusal to discuss the matter. A year ago, Cpl Fabien Melanson...
Canadians are calling on the federal government to abandon Bill C-38
Statement | Tuesday, 29 May 2012OTTAWA -- In only one week, the Green Party of Canada has received over twenty thousand signatures on a petition calling for the Harper Government to scrap C-38 in favour of legislation that only...
Greens mark International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 May 2012OTTAWA -- On May 29th, the Green Party of Canada joins in the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers to honour all peacekeepers around the world who are serving and remember those who have...
May Urges Opposition/Public to Stop Bill C-38
Media Release | Monday, 28 May 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today welcomed her fellow Members of Parliament back to the House of Commons for what will be an “historic and crucial” few weeks...
Think of Lindsey on May 25: Missing Children's Day
Media Release | Friday, 25 May 2012SIDNEY -- Judy Peterson of Sidney, BC, has experienced every mother's worst nightmare. Her fourteen year-old daughter, Lindsey Nicholls, vanished nearly 20 years ago. She has become a tireless...
Impact of Invasive Species Deserves Funding
Media Release | Thursday, 24 May 2012The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Harper Government to reinstate funding to Environment Canada’s Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program. “The unacceptably drastic cuts to Environment...