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Assault on Seasonal Industries in C-38
Media Release | Thursday, 24 May 2012SIDNEY -- 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...
Provincial and Federal Greens Condemn the Denial of Democracy
Media Release | Friday, 18 May 2012MONTREAL – The Green Party of Quebec and the Green Party of Canada stood united today to condemn the Charest government's high-handed approach chosen to resolve the student crisis through the...
Greens Horrified by Harper Conservatives’ Plan to Privatize Globally Respected Research Area
Media Release | Friday, 18 May 2012OTTAWA – Today in Question Period, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Randy Kamp, confirmed that the Experimental Lakes Area (www.saveela.org) is to be sold off to private...
May Warns of Irreparable Environmental Damage in Our North: Oil and Gas Development Must Not Be Rushed
Media Release | Friday, 18 May 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, warned the Harper Conservatives not to move recklessly on expanding northern offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea before more is...
Greens Celebrate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Media Release | Thursday, 17 May 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party has a vision of a Canada that is free from discrimination, including people having the right to live their lives without discrimination for their sexual orientation. “We...
Greens Commend UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter
Media Release | Wednesday, 16 May 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada commends UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter on his honest appraisal of Canada's status with respect to the right to food. After an 11-day visit to Canada,...
Greens bring forward "last chance" amendments to fix copyright law
Media Release | Monday, 14 May 2012OTTAWA -- Today in the House of Commons, the Speaker selected 18 amendments from Green Party leader on C-11, the new Copyright Act. Despite attempts by NDP and Liberal MPs to makes substantive...
May Clarifies Deliberately Confusing Bill C-38
Media Release | Thursday, 10 May 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today listed and explained the dangerous and damaging impacts that Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Bill, will have on...
Environment Commissioner tells the truth Stephen Harper doesn't want to hear
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 May 2012OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan today released his report on Canada's climate action and progress in cleaning up federal contaminated sites. "Dealing with climate and toxic waste...
May Gives Full Support to New Environment Campaign
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 May 2012Emphasizes Need to Combat Harper’s Environmental Destruction Master Plan OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, today gave her full support to the newly...