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    Next on the chopping block: ecoEnergy Program gets the axe

    Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA -- Not only has the Harper Conservatives terminated a highly popular energy efficiency program, but they are dropping the guillotine even earlier than planned, a move that has the Greens...

    Greens in Favour of Sealer Buyout

    Media Release | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is expressing support today of NDP MP Ryan Cleary's efforts to examine both the commercial seal hunt and the management of the cod fishery.  "I support his Private...

    Greens in support of locked out workers

    Media Release | Saturday, 21 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is standing in support of the more than 400 locked out Electro-Motive Canada workers.   “It’s outrageous that a profitable company would ask workers to accept a 50...

    MP Pension Reform Needed, say Greens

    Media Release | Friday, 20 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is in full agreement that reform is needed for Member of Parliament pension plans.  “Examining how best to reform pensions of MPs is completely in line with what I’...

    Keystone cancellation a boon for Canada

    Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May sees the Obama Administration refusal of the Keystone Pipeline as an opportunity to create Canadian jobs.  "We should now pause and re-think shipping our...

    Employment Insurance backlogs reaching crisis levels

    Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Government of Canada to solve the Employment Insurance (EI) backlog immediately as it is causing immense stress for already suffering families.  “...

    Health Canada failed to reveal radioactivity in rainwater

    Media Release | Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - Despite public concern over fallout from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Health Canada failed to report higher than normal radioactive iodine levels in rainwater.  The Green Party of...

    Greens welcome new Liberal marijuana policy

    Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is welcoming the shift in Liberal policy to legalize and regulate marijuana.  “It is nice to see another party come in line with Green Party policy.  We have said...