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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...
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...