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    China in Transition: It is Time for Canadians to Speak out

    Media Release | Friday, 01 Jun 2012
    The 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 2012
    OTTAWA -- 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 2012
    OTTAWA -- 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...

    Greens mark International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

    Media Release | Tuesday, 29 May 2012
    OTTAWA -- 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 2012
    OTTAWA – 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 2012
    SIDNEY -- 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 2012
    The 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...

    Assault on Seasonal Industries in C-38

    Media Release | Thursday, 24 May 2012
    SIDNEY -- The Harper Conservatives’ proposed changes to Employment Insurance appear to be fundamental and are not discussed in the budget. Rhetoric in the House of Commons by the Conservatives seems...