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Statement by the Green Party of Canada on the Tragic Shootings in Paris
Statement | Wednesday, 07 Jan 2015(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada extends its sincerest condolences to the individuals and families affected by the tragedy in Paris. This morning, millions of people who have followed these...
Covert Changes to Citizenship Application Fees will make it more Challenging to Obtain Citizenship
Media Release | Tuesday, 06 Jan 2015(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, today condemned the Harper Conservatives’ latest increase in citizenship application...
Green Party of Canada Wishes Everyone a Safe and Happy Holidays!
Update | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2014On behalf of Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Deputy Leaders Bruce Hyer and Daniel Green, the Green Party of Canada wishes all Canadians a safe and happy holiday season with family and friends....
Green Party repeats its Call for Action to release Mohamed Fahmy
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) – December 29th will mark the one-year anniversary of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy’s wrongful imprisonment in Egypt. Having raised the issue with the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs...
Approval of Site C Dam by BC Government an Environmental Outrage
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014“The Site C dam is at best, ill-conceived, misguided and an environmental outrage…” - Elizabeth May (OTTAWA) – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich...
Green Party wishes Canada’s Jewish Community a Happy Hanukkah
Statement | Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - Hanukkah begins this evening and the Green Party of Canada wishes Canada’s Jewish Community best wishes for the holiday season. Hanukkah is a festival of lights which is observed for eight...
Statement by the Green Party on the Tragedy in Sydney, Australia
Statement | Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada expresses its deepest condolences to those affected by the tragedy in Sydney, Australia. The incident began Sunday evening when 17 people were taken hostage in a...
Green Party laments weak outcome from COP20 Negotiations in Lima
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014A lot of work in 2015 to get what the world needs in Paris (OTTAWA) - The 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) session to address the threat of climate change came to a close early Sunday morning in...
Down to the wire – Was the Lima decision better than nothing?
Blog | Sunday, 14 Dec 2014(LIMA) - As you likely have heard, the COP20 talks wrapped earlier this morning at around 3:30 AM. The deal was done in seconds following the break for countries to review a new text tabled by the...
The COP that would not die...
Blog | Friday, 12 Dec 2014(LIMA) -Okay, I know that sounds like a Bruce Willis movie and my apologies... but this COP has achieved that dreamlike-nightmarish quality that obscures what day it is, what time it is. So...