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Greens urge community to "Let the Sun Shine In"
Monday, 19 May 2014 - SIDNEY, BC – Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is urging Salt Spring residents as well as those from the wider region, to chip in to support the...
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Elizabeth May voted Canada's Hardest Working MP in annual Hill Times survey
Monday, 19 May 2014 - OTTAWA – For the second year in a row, Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, has been voted Canada’s Hardest-Working MP in the annual...
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Greens welcome Ronnie Smith as new Shadow Cabinet Critic for Peace and Security
Wednesday, 14 May 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce that Ronnie Smith has been appointed as the Party’s new Shadow Cabinet Critic for Peace and Security. A Theology student in the MDiv program...
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Greens call on federal government to heed recommendations of UN report on Canada’s Aboriginal communities
Monday, 12 May 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada fully supports the recommendations of a new UN report released today on the state of Canada’s Aboriginal communities. Authored by United Nations Special Rapporteur...
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Greens welcome new federal funding for Maritime Rail
Monday, 12 May 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada welcomes news that the federal government is intervening to save Maritime passenger rail. Minister of Transportation Lisa Raitt was in Fredericton today to...
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Greens disappointed in Speaker’s ruling
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 - OTTAWA – House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer has rejected Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s Point of Order on the amendment process for the Conservatives’ Bill C-23, the so-called Fair Elections...
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Statement from Elizabeth May on the passing of Farley Mowat
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, has given the following statement on the passing of her dear friend Farley Mowat: "When...
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Statement from the Green Party of Canada on World Press Freedom Day
Saturday, 03 May 2014 - OTTAWA – On World Press Freedom Day 2014, the Green Party of Canada wishes to bring attention to the plight of jailed Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, the winner of this year’s World Press...
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Elizabeth May extends sympathy to families and loved ones of those killed in Nanaimo shooting
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, extends heartfelt sympathies to the families of those killed at a Nanaimo sawmill this...
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Elizabeth May’s National Lyme Disease Strategy Act passes second reading in House of Commons
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, passed second reading in the House of Commons yesterday evening and has now been sent to the House Standing Committee on Health for...