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    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...

    Greens pan Liberal choice of Alternative Vote

    Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is panning the Liberal convention’s choice to endorse an Alternative Vote system as their party policy.  “Alternative Vote is not Proportional Representation and...

    Greens ask Quebec to re-commit to Kyoto

    Media Release | Friday, 13 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada Quebec wing is supporting the initiative of a petition submitted to the National Assembly, asking thatQuebec commit to the Kyoto Protocol, despite the federal...

    Cuts will have long-term consequences

    Media Release | Thursday, 12 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - Responding to the news that 60 Environment Canada scientists and researchers received their pink slips today, Green Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) expressed dismay.  “Cutting...

    Same-sex marriage should be recognized for non-residents too

    Media Release | Thursday, 12 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA -  The Green Party of Canada finds it atrocious that the Harper government is now trying to assert that same-sex marriages performed in Canada are not legal if the couple does not live in...

    Keep regulations strong to curb coal emissions

    Media Release | Thursday, 12 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is fully in support of Ontario Environment Minister Jim Bradley’s position that Canada needs national regulations governing coal-fired power plants.  Bradley has...

    National Parks should be Wildlife Sanctuaries, not Cash Cows

    Media Release | Monday, 09 Jan 2012
    OTTAWA - Given that the first priority of Canada’s National Parks is to protect ecological integrity, the Green Party of Canada believes that theme-park like developments are inappropriate.  “I was...