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Greens Mark Soil Conservation Week; Criticize UN Convention Withdrawal
Media Release | Monday, 22 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party marks Soil Conservation Week, April 21-28, which is especially relevant in light of the Harper Conservatives’ recent withdrawal from UN efforts to combat desertification. “...
Happy Earth Day: House to vote on Canada-China Investment Treaty Today
Media Release | Monday, 22 Apr 2013OTTAWA -- The highly controversial Canada-China Investment Treaty will go to a vote this evening on an NDP motion from the party’s supply day on Thursday. The treaty has never had so much as a day of...
Earth Day 2013
Media Release | Friday, 19 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd. “I first organized in my community for Earth Day 1970 — 43 years ago. I was in Grade 10 and it was also the very...
Earth Day Events
Media Release | Thursday, 18 Apr 2013Public events for Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May: Friday, April 19th 3:00 p.m. – Elizabeth May will attend the West Coast Oil and Pipeline Summit and Gala,a conference designed to...
“Environment Canada” Disappears from Government of Canada Site
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The words “Environment Canada” have been eliminated from the Government of Canada’s Weather website: http://weather.gc.ca “As with other government websites where information has simply...
Statement by Elizabth May on the Boston Marathon Tragedy
Media Release | Monday, 15 Apr 2013I am shocked and horrified, as we all are. Boston is a city I love visiting and know well. And the marathon is an event with great energy and a spirit of optimism. It seems particularly cruel to...
Enbridge’s Line 9: Needing Permission to Talk About a Pipeline Going Through Your Neighbourhood? Welcome to Harperland.
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada condemns the new public debate suppression requirements put in place by the National Energy Board (NEB) at the request of Harper’s Conservatives. “10,000 barrels...
Will You Wear Pink Today?
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013OTTAWA – April 10th is the Day of Pink, the International Day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. The Green Party of Canada invites everyone to...
Idle No More: “The Time for Dialogue is Now, Not After a Tragedy”
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013OTTAWA – In the wake of a second hunger strike by Cross Lake First Nation Elder Raymond Robinson, the Green Party of Canada calls on Primer Minister Harper to engage in a dialogue with all First...
“Where Will Harper’s Isolationist Agenda Take Us?”
Media Release | Thursday, 04 Apr 2013OTTAWA – In the wake of the recent withdrawal by Canada from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Green Party of Canada condemns the Canadian abandonment of three other...