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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...
Virginia Ervin Green Party Nominated Candidate in Durham
Media Release | Monday, 29 Oct 2012BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce Virginia Ervin as the nominated candidate for Durham. “Virginia was our candidate in 2004 and 2006 and will do an excellent job...
The big picture of Harper’s assault on the Constitution
Blog | Sunday, 28 Oct 2012I have been so absorbed trying to find any way to derail the Canada-China Investment Treaty (tabled in the House September 26 and scheduled for ratification November 2) that with C-45 the second...
Statement for Eid al-Adha
Statement | Friday, 26 Oct 2012The Green Party would like to recognize Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, a very important day for Muslims in the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah. It is the beginning of the annual, three-day...
Statement for Eid al-Adha
Statement | Friday, 26 Oct 2012The Green Party would like to recognize Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, a very important day for Muslims in the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah. It is the beginning of the annual, three-day...
Chinese Investor Lawsuits Could Cripple Canada
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012NAFTA Suits a Warning of Canada-China Treaty Potential OTTAWA – As the Harper Conservatives move steadily toward the probable November 2 ratification of the Canada-China Investment Treaty, an...
Disarmament Week Statement
Statement | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012The Green Party will be marking Disarmament Week, beginning October 24 on the anniversary of the 1945 founding of the United Nations, “This very important week of observance was originally...
The Canada-China Investment Treaty Cannot be Ratified Without Provinces’ Approval
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012OTTAWA – With only 9 days to go before the Harper Conservatives can legally ratify the Canada-China Investment Treaty, the Green Party of Canada wants to emphasize the fact that ratification without...