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Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
Blog | Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013“Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to the possibilities.” - Mark Twain I just read two recent political pot-boilers, back to back. If this fiction is stranger than...
Will The Office of Religious Freedom Remain Silent on Tibet?
Media Release | Friday, 08 Mar 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is observing the 54th Tibetan Uprising Day this Sunday. On March 10th 1959, the people of Tibet rose against China's illegal rule. Thousands of Tibetans were...
Green Party Exposes Worsening Conditions for Canadian Women
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Mar 2013OTTAWA – As the world prepares to mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, March 8, the Green Party is celebrating the valuable role of women in Canadian society. It also notes their worsening...
Why won’t Prime Minister Harper remove Arthur Porter from the Privy Council?
Media Release | Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013OTTAWA – Prime Minister Harper could remove the disgraced former head of Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) from the highest level of government, the Privy Council. “Although he appears...
The Government's 2012 Progress Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Cause for Concern
Blog | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013It was with deep concern that I read the government's 2012 Progress Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. To begin with, let me note that last year in the Arctic the extent of summer sea ice had...
Greens Denounce Threat of Extreme Cuts to VIA Rail
Media Release | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013OTTAWA – The Main Estimates for 2013-14 tabled this week by the President of the Treasury Board, Minister Tony Clement, forecast a drastic budget cut for VIA Rail Canada. The numbers [p. 386] show...
Tightening the grip: muzzling of scientists ramps up
Blog | Thursday, 28 Feb 2013I had originally intended to write this column about my trip to Washington, DC on February 7-8, when I met with United States Senators and Congresspersons about climate and the Keystone XL pipeline....
Green Leader Urges MPs to Vote in Favour of C-400
Media Release | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Green Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May will vote in favour of Bill C-400 this evening and urges her fellow MPs to do the same. Bill C-400, the Act to...
Open Letter to Yukon Premier on Peel Watershed Plan
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Green Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May sent yesterday an open letter to the Honourable Darrell Pasloski, Yukon Premier, and the Honourable Brad Cathers...
Federal Court Challenge on Constitutionality of Refugee Health Cuts Supported
Media Release | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has thrown her support behind Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care (CDRC), the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), and...