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Greens call on federal government to heed recommendations of UN report on Canada’s Aboriginal communities
Media Release | Monday, 12 May 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Greens welcome new federal funding for Maritime Rail
Media Release | Monday, 12 May 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Greens disappointed in Speaker’s ruling
Media Release | Wednesday, 07 May 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Statement from Elizabeth May on the passing of Farley Mowat
Media Release | Wednesday, 07 May 2014Elizabeth 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...
Statement from the Green Party of Canada on World Press Freedom Day
Media Release | Saturday, 03 May 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Elizabeth May extends sympathy to families and loved ones of those killed in Nanaimo shooting
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Elizabeth May’s National Lyme Disease Strategy Act passes second reading in House of Commons
Media Release | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014OTTAWA – 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...
Elizabeth May to table significant amendments to Fair Elections Act
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands will present some of her party’s 75 proposed amendments to Bill C-23, the Conservatives’...
Fair Elections Act changes a good start, but more must be done to protect Canadian democracy
Media Release | Friday, 25 Apr 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada welcomes news of the Conservatives' backtracking on some of the more radical aspects of their highly controversial bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act. Since it was...
SCC ruling on Senate reform: Harper Conservatives should stop wasting Parliament’s time
Media Release | Friday, 25 Apr 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is unsurprised by today’s ruling on Senate reform, which marks the third consecutive defeat for the Harper Conservatives in a Supreme Court reference case. Today...