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Muzzle Velocity
Blog | Monday, 25 Feb 2013Kudos to Elizabeth Renzetti for her straight talk on the increasing scandal of muzzling scientists in Canada (Protecting Our Precious Liberties: Let’s Start With Government Scientists – Feb. 23). In...
Harper’s Conservatives Inaction Towards GHG is “Suicidal”
Media Release | Monday, 25 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Harper’s Conservatives tabled the 2012 Progress Report of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy on February 15th. This significant document makes public Canada’s latest greenhouse gas...
Canada’s innovation is lagging
Blog | Monday, 25 Feb 2013Canada’s economy needs greater innovation. And our commitment to reduce greenhouse gases needs a burgeoning clean-tech sector. These goals, environment and economy, are mutually supportive. It has...
World Day of Social Justice: Stronger Communities and a Safer World
Media Release | Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013OTTAWA – The United Nations' (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20th. It is to encourage people to look at how social justice is being planned for and promoted by our...
The Death of Bill C-30
Blog | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013It is so rare, that the tendency is to rush on to the next thing. I speak of our victories – so few and far between. The announcement that the so-called “Protecting children from Internet Predators...
Conservatives’ Attempts to Take Credit for Emission Decreases Unwarranted
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today noted that Environment Canada’s 2011 Air Pollutant Emission Summaries and Historical Emission Trends, based on the National...
May Asks Prime Minister Why Airport Security Being Abandoned
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Today, in Question Period, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, asked the Prime Minister to explain the rationale for discontinuing the RCMP and other police presence...
Green Party Statement on the National Flag of Canada Day
Media Release | Friday, 15 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Statement by Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, on the National Flag of Canada Day, 15 February 2013: “48 years ago today we witnessed the birth of...
Statement on Annual Day of Justice for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Statement | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013Today, as we all know, is a day of love and appreciation. It is also an opportunity to recognize humanity’s ability to show care and concern for others, especially those among us who have been...
Is the U.S. finally going to move on the climate crisis?
Blog | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013When a situation is as desperate as the climate crisis and yet, year after year, no leadership emerges, it is hard to believe that the situation may be changing. Like Charlie Brown running up to Lucy...