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Prime Minister’s Trip Fails to Pressure India to Ratify Canada-India FIPA
Media Release | Wednesday, 07 Nov 2012OTTAWA – In the face of intense pressure and strong language during their trade mission to India, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Trade Minister Ed Fast appear unable to convince the Indian...
No Time For a Victory Lap, Mr. President. Your Planet is Calling.
Blog | Wednesday, 07 Nov 2012While there were some nail-biter moments, the overall trend of election night was one of increasing confidence that Barak Obama would hold on to the White House. However, no one can mistake the...
Canada’s Arctic in the crucible
Blog | Sunday, 04 Nov 2012There are many different visions of the Arctic. There is Stephen Harper’s annual summer trip with its proclamations of “use it or lose it.” Yet, his promises for deep sea ports, ice breakers, and new...
Win dinner with Elizabeth May or a Via Rail gift card!
Blog | Saturday, 03 Nov 2012Phone canvassing has been going very well so far. I want to give a big thanks to all of the volunteers who have been making calls! But with only 24 days to go until election day, we are launching an...
This laundry Czechs out
Blog | Friday, 02 Nov 2012Prague is a very beautiful and historic city. Something about the Czech people seems to lead them to question traditional thinking and to express themselves openly through the arts. Many theatres...
Warning to PM Harper from Green Leader About Canada-China Investment Treaty Ratification Deadline
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Statement by Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, on the occasion of the passing of the deadline allowing Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ratify the...
Canada’s Hands Could Soon to Be Tied Until 2044
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Tomorrow – Friday, November 2 – Prime Minister Harper and the Privy Council can legally ratify the Canada-China Investment Treaty (FIPA). Assuming that China also ratifies the treaty, there...
Budget Bill Treacherous to Navigation
Blog | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012On Thursday, October 18, Jim Flaherty tabled yet another Budget Omnibus Bill. C-45 has some similarities with last spring’s C-38. Both are omnibus bills. Both purport to implement aspects of the...
Get the right deal, not a rushed deal
Blog | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012Permit me to begin this article by wishing we had one thousandths the level of media coverage of CETA into the Canada-China Investment Treaty. By the time you read this, the likelihood is that...
May Celebrates Decision to Keep Plant Health Centre Open
Media Release | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012OTTAWA -Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is today celebrating the Conservatives' reversal of their decision to close the Centre for Plant Health on...