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Scheer’s climate plan plans to fail, says Green Party Leader
Media Release | Thursday, 20 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) welcomed the shift from the Conservatives to accept that climate change is a real issue and that action is required. “It can...
Breathtaking cynicism and hypocrisy in pipeline decision, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Wednesday, 19 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) slammed the Trudeau administration for committing billions of dollars of public money to the reckless Trans Mountain pipeline. “...
Green Party Statement on World Refugee Day
Statement | Wednesday, 19 Jun 2019OTTAWA – The theme of this year’s UN World Refugee Day: Global Compact on Refugees calls for investment in communities that host refugees to help ease the pressure on the host and to help refugees...
Canadian comedy legend runs for Greens in Newfoundland
Media Release | Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Canadian comedy legend Greg Malone is making a late-career transition to politics. Malone, famous for his acting and writing in the CBC television shows CODCO and WGB TV, has been selected...
Greens to Garneau: tell freighters no more free parking in the Salish Sea
Media Release | Monday, 17 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Mismanagement in the Port of Vancouver has turned the waters around the southern Gulf Islands into a free parking lot for the world’s largest freighter ships, says Green Party Leader...
PBO report misses the target, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May
Media Release | Thursday, 13 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Today’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report Closing the Gap: Carbon pricing for the Paris target is mislabelled, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands). “When...
Advisory Council’s $15 billion single-payer pharmacare recommendation a step in the right direction but timeline unacceptable, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Wednesday, 12 Jun 2019OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s advisory council today recommended the establishment of a $15 billion universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. The plan would create a new drug agency to...
Overcoming substantial obstacles, ‘Free-Willy’ bill finally passes
Media Release | Monday, 10 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act cleared its final hour of debate at third reading and was passed in the House of Commons today. Bill S-203 was introduced by...
Green Party Statement on World Oceans Day
Statement | Saturday, 08 Jun 2019OTTAWA – UN World Ocean Day this year focuses the world’s attention on two daunting challenges: gender equality and plastic pollution. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands)...
Canadian Environment Week: Green Party calls for greater effort to protect biodiversity
Statement | Friday, 07 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Last month’s report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) delivered this stark warning: “Nature is declining globally at rates...