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National Volunteer Week, from April 18-24
Statement | Thursday, 22 Apr 2010OTTAWA - The Green Party is pleased and proud to celebrate the incredible achievements of our grassroots volunteers. We thank each and every one of you for your efforts, in whatever form, that help...
Investigations
Blog | Thursday, 15 Apr 2010While reporters scratch their heads and keep digging to unravel the mystery of why the Prime Minister called the RCMP on his former minister for the Status of Women, they seem so obsessed that other...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statement | Monday, 12 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- Today marks Yom Hashoah U'Mered HaGetaot, Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we honour the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazi regime. It has been 65 years since the end of World...
30 year anniversary of Terry Fox's run
Statement | Monday, 12 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- Today marks the 30th anniversary of Terry Fox’s remarkable attempt to run across Canada raising money for cancer research. This 22-year old one-legged hero ran an average of 42 km every...
Condolences to the Polish People
Statement | Saturday, 10 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada expresses its deep sympathy for Poland after the sudden death of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, Franciszek Gagor, Slawomir Skrzypek, Deputy Foreign...
Scientists at East Anglia vindicated by U.K. House of Commons
Blog | Sunday, 04 Apr 2010After months of having allegations of fraudulent behaviour trumpeted in the media (huge spread in the Globe and Mail, and Margaret Wente erroneously claiming the emails were “leaked”, similar...
Budget as Bulldozer: Take two
Blog | Thursday, 01 Apr 2010Last year, I wrote a blog with this title. I was shocked to find the 2009 Budget Implementation Bill was being used to gut the Navigable Water Protection Act (NWPA). The NWPA had been cornerstone...
The tar ponds “clean-up” will not work
Blog | Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010CBC News announced today that the clean up of the tar ponds has begun. The country’s worst toxic waste site will be completely remediated by the mid-1990s. Sorry. Wrong press release. That was the...
POP Quiz for Democracy fans!
Blog | Saturday, 20 Mar 2010OK, everyone really committed to regaining democracy in Canada; can you spot the whopper in the following statement from the Prime Minister? “Do I realistically expect that everybody who works for me...
Airport Tantrums
Blog | Friday, 19 Mar 2010I am writing a blog about this because I think I am the only person in political life who remembers Alan Redway. Alan Redway was a Progressive Conservative MP in the Mulroney government. If memory...