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Backgrounder - Green Party amendments to Bill C-45
Backgrounder | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2012Parts 1, 2 and 3 The measures in Parts 1 through 3 of C-45 are largely technical changes typical of Budget Implementation legislation. They include: positive steps to encourage investment in clean...
Accusations of Vote Splitting are Baseless
Blog | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2012Pundits were quick yesterday to point the finger at the Green Party for allegedly splitting the left-of-centre vote in the Calgary by-election. I don’t think these people paid attention to the...
Top Musicians, Water Advocates, MPs Oppose Elimination of the Navigable Waters Protection Act
Media Release | Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Singer-songwriters Sarah Harmer and Leslie Feist joined Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, today to speak out against the Harper Conservatives’ elimination of the Navigable...
NWPA Statements
Statement | Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012Gord Downie, musician and Waterkeeper Steward: For thousands of years, the laws of the land said that all people were free to travel anywhere on any waterway. Building on that tradition, all...
The Green Candidates are Contenders
Media Release | Monday, 26 Nov 2012VICTORIA, BC – Green Leader Elizabeth May reacted to by-elections results tonight before leaving Victoria for Ottawa.“I want to congratulate Green candidates Donald Galloway, Chris Turner and...
Green Party Calls for Greater Action to Stop Violence Against Women/Girls
Media Release | Saturday, 24 Nov 2012On the eve of the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Green Party calls on the Harper Conservatives to act more decisively to help end this daily...
Elizabeth May is the Parliamentarian of the Year
Media Release | Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Leader Elizabeth May won top honours at tonight’s 2012 Parliamentarian of the Year Awards, an annual event organised by Macleans’ and L’Actualité. The MPs themselves voted in eight...
The Mathematics of the Phone Canvass
Blog | Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012The Equation A great phone canvass + A great GOTV team = A great day at the polls The Explanation We have all received the emails asking for help with the phone canvass in this round of by elections...
NAFTA lawsuit should be an eye-opener for Harper
Blog | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012On November 15th, 2012, US-incorporated firm Lone Pine Resources announced its intentions of suing the Government of Canada under the North American Free-Trade Agreement’s infamous Chapter 11. Over...
We're so close to winning next Monday. Help us get there!
Blog | Monday, 19 Nov 2012Dear friend,The whole country is starting to take note of the exciting races in Calgary and Victoria - why? Because in both, a Green is within reach of winning.Last week, I emailed you with important...