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Three in 10 Manitobans live in poverty; this has to change, say Green Party leaders Elizabeth May and James Beddome
Media Release | Friday, 16 Aug 2019WINNIPEG — Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) and her provincial counterpart James Beddome are calling for urgent action on poverty in Manitoba. A 2018 report on...
Green Party's Mission: Possible committed to Canadian workers
Media Release | Thursday, 08 Aug 2019VANCOUVER — In May, the Green Party launched Mission: Possible to meet the imperative to hold global average temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees C above what it was before the Industrial...
“Muskrat Falls a disastrous boondoggle,” say Greens
Media Release | Monday, 29 Jul 2019OTTAWA — Leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) will speak at the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, on...
Elizabeth May congratulates Lydia Hwitsum on Cowichan-Malahat-Langford nomination
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Jul 2019OTTAWA – Leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) today congratulated Lydia Hwitsum on her nomination as the party’s candidate in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, B.C. “Lydia...
Only one federal leader accepts AFN invitation: Greens commit to UNDRIP, MMIW and TRC calls for action
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Jul 2019FREDERICTON — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) spoke this morning to the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly in Fredericton NB. All federal party leaders were...
Former Environmental Commissioner acclaimed as Green Party candidate in Parry Sound-Muskoka
Media Release | Monday, 22 Jul 2019OTTAWA — Former Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller was acclaimed as the Green Party candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka yesterday. Mr. Miller, who served as the province’s chief...
An opportunity to choose a no-carbon solution squandered, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Friday, 19 Jul 2019OTTAWA — Leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) called out Justin Trudeau’s announcement in Victoria, B.C. yesterday, that his government is spending $79 million to buy...
When hard working Canadians can’t afford to live in their hometowns, that’s not good enough, says Elizabeth May
Media Release | Friday, 19 Jul 2019TORONTO — Canadian cities are at a crossroads. Drastically underfunded and without constitutional protection from their provincial governments, they are unable to thrive. According to the...
Astrophysicist Amita Kuttner new Green Party Science and Innovation Critic
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019OTTAWA — Leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has appointed Dr. Amita Kuttner (Burnaby North-Seymour, B.C.) as critic for Science and Innovation on her Shadow Cabinet...
Scheer’s climate plan plans to fail, says Green Party Leader
Media Release | Thursday, 20 Jun 2019OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) welcomed the shift from the Conservatives to accept that climate change is a real issue and that action is required. “It can...