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Green Party of Canada speaks out against animal abuse
Monday, 20 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party is appalled by the livestock transportation industry’s abuse and neglect of pigs, as revealed by a recent undercover investigation by the organization Mercy for Animals. In...
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Greens call on federal government to honour First Nations treaty rights, say “No” to Site C Dam
Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada today calls on the federal government to abide by the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling in the Tsilhqot’in land title case, and to honour the established...
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Today is National All Buffleheads Day
Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada today celebrates the annual return of the Bufflehead, the world’s smallest diving duck, to the Saanich Peninsula. These punctual sea ducks return to their winter...
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Community calls for protection of Saanich Inlet ecosystem
Thursday, 09 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, today tabled a petition on behalf of the Saanich Inlet Protection Society in the House of Commons calling...
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Greens urge feds and provinces to step-up and increase investments in public transit and municipal infrastructure
Wednesday, 08 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, today joined Green municipal leaders and candidates in urging federal and provincial governments to help...
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Report from Environment Commissioner confirms continued failure of Harper Conservatives
Tuesday, 07 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is disturbed by the government’s lack of meaningful response to today’s Report from Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.“Once again...
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Statement from the Green Party of Canada on Mental Illness Awareness Week 2014
Monday, 06 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and...
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Statement from Elizabeth May on Yom Kippur
Friday, 03 Oct 2014 - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, has issued the following statement on the occasion of Yom Kippur, which begins this evening at sundown: “Yom Kippur...
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Statement from the Green Party of Canada on International Day of Older Persons
Wednesday, 01 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich– Gulf Islands, has issued the following statement on International Day of Older Persons: “Canada is an aging society –...
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Elizabeth May's new book to be launched in “Book Town” – Sidney, BC
Wednesday, 01 Oct 2014 - OTTAWA – The eighth book by Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, will debut this Saturday, October 4 at a launch event in Sidney, BC. Canada's first and...
