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EMD Closure a Blow for Ontario Jobs and Economy
Media Release | Friday, 03 Feb 2012LONDON, ONTARIO -- The Green Parties of Canada (GPC) and Ontario (GPO) are calling on government officials to contact Caterpillar/Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) to encourage them to reconsider closure...
Greens on the rise
Media Release | Friday, 03 Feb 2012OTTAWA -- Final results show the Green Party of Canada had record breaking fundraising results in 2011. With the Greens’ success in electing Leader Elizabeth May to the House of Commons and Deputy...
Minister confirms plans to delay retirement age to 67- details will be in budget
Media Release | Thursday, 02 Feb 2012OTTAWA – Today, Alice Wong Minister for Seniors, revealed that the government’s plans for reforming the retirement age will be revealed in the 2012 budget. Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP...
Green Party Calls for “Victims First” Model of Justice
Media Release | Thursday, 02 Feb 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party fully supports the recommendations of Canada’s Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Sue O’Sullivan released in a special report – Shifting the Conversation. “The Green...
World Wetlands Day
Media Release | Thursday, 02 Feb 2012OTTAWA -- Greens all over the world will celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, commemorating the 1971 signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention...
Brinkmanship Diplomacy with Iran Counter-Productive
Media Release | Thursday, 02 Feb 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the European Community to reconsider its Iranian oil boycott in reaction to the real or perceived threat that Iran is actively developing nuclear...
CAPP Principles Can’t Greenwash Fracking Problems
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The new voluntary principles for fracking released by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) will make no difference, according to Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May...
Greens support Castle wilderness protesters
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada fully supports the citizens who are holding a picket-line protest in order to prevent clear cutting in the Castle Special Management Area of southwest Alberta. “...
Next on the chopping block: ecoEnergy Program gets the axe
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA -- Not only has the Harper Conservatives terminated a highly popular energy efficiency program, but they are dropping the guillotine even earlier than planned, a move that has the Greens...
January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statement | Friday, 27 Jan 2012OTTAWA -- Since 2005, the world pauses to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th. “We remember the past to ensure it is not repeated in the future,” said Green Leader...