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On UN International Day of Forests, Canadian Greens celebrate our forests
Media Release | Friday, 21 Mar 2014OTTAWA – On this the second annual International Day of Forests, the Green Party of Canada highlighted the critical importance of our nation’s forests both to Canadians and to the world. With ten...
Greens release official submission to US decision process on Keystone: "Do Canada a favour. Say no to Keystone"
Media Release | Monday, 17 Mar 2014OTTAWA – In advance of the deadline to respond to the US State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada...
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is spinning out of control
Media Release | Friday, 14 Mar 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada challenges claims made by Canada’s Natural Resources Minister at the FirstEnergy East Coast Energy Conference yesterday in New York. Before an audience of US and...
NEB decision another predictable error, say Greens
Media Release | Friday, 07 Mar 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party is not surprised with the decision released yesterday, by the National Energy Board (NEB), to approve, with conditions, the Enbridge Pipelines application for the Line 9B...
FATCA a threat to Canadian rights and sovereignty
Media Release | Wednesday, 05 Mar 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is calling for greater public and parliamentary scrutiny of a recently announced tax agreement between Canada and the United States, stating that it threatens the...
Green's Leader Elizabeth May calls for greater transparency in the House of Commons
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Mar 2014OTTAWA – Today, Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, asked for unanimous consent on a motion to invite the Auditor General to conduct...
Greens are concerned about Bill C-18
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Mar 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is concerned that Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act, which was debated for the first time on Monday, will actually restrict farmer’s ability to grow crops in...
Bruce Hyer returns from Save Maritime Rail tour
Media Release | Monday, 03 Mar 2014MP Bruce Hyer arrived in Ottawa this morning following the successful completion of his Save Maritime Rail tour of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Hyer’s tour began with a rally at the Halifax train...
Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, up for its Second Reading debate in the House of Commons
Media Release | Monday, 03 Mar 2014OTTAWA – Today, Elizabeth May's Private Members' Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, is up for its Second Reading debate in the House of Commons. Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament...
New Prosperity mine decision a win for the environment
Media Release | Thursday, 27 Feb 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada joins the BC Green Party in welcoming today’s announcement from Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq that the New Prosperity mine development proposal has...