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Senate Unanimously Passes Elizabeth May’s Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Act
Media Release | Friday, 12 Dec 2014“This victory belongs to all Canadians coping with Lyme disease and their loved ones. This bill never would have been passed into law without their advocacy and willingness to tell their stories. ” (...
Fanfare and backrooms
Blog | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(LIMA) - As the available hours for negotiations wind down, we have entered the usual phase at such negotiations of high-level speeches extolling negotiators to finish the work and deliver on our...
Green Party congratulates Chief Perry Bellegarde as New National Chief for Assembly of First Nations
Media Release | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada congratulates newly elected National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Perry Bellegarde. Chief Bellegarde was elected as the National Chief with 63%...
Climate march in Lima and fresh ideas in talks
Blog | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The COP20 talks are taking place in an unlikely venue - a military base outside of town. Despite the reporting of its carbon footprint, being built from scratch to accommodate ten...
Canada’s Dismal Presence in Lima at COP20
Blog | Tuesday, 09 Dec 2014Leona Aglukkaq has been in Lima at COP20 arriving on the same flight I took to Peru. She was in first class so I didn’t see her, but I was reliably informed by a friend in the front cabin that she...
Elizabeth May named the 3rd Most Valuable Politician in House of Commons
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada congratulates Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, who was named the 3rd Most Valuable Politician in a recent...
Climate talks at national and sub-national levels
Blog | Monday, 08 Dec 2014Sorry. That has to be my least inspired blog title ever. Chalk it up to being immersed in UN-speak all day. The morning plenary dealt with two newly tabled documents -- a draft decision from the co...
Elizabeth May - Available for interviews during COP 20 in Lima, Peru
Media Advisory | Monday, 08 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, is in Lima, Peru to participate in the 20th Session of the Conference of Parties (...
Bruce Hyer to give Speech and present Deletions to Bill C-44
Media Advisory | Monday, 08 Dec 2014Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act (OTTAWA) - Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay – Superior North, will deliver a speech and present...
What’s at stake in Lima?
Blog | Saturday, 06 Dec 2014I am in Lima, Peru for the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COPs within the UNFCCC are the on-going process working to develop a...