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Muskrat Falls: “How Was the Decision Made?”
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Dec 2012OTTAWA – The decision by Stephen Harper to grant a $6.3-billion loan guarantee to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project must be reconsidered. “Taking on another mega energy-generating project is a...
The most damaging things happening to Canada are the things you cannot see
Blog | Sunday, 02 Dec 2012I have been increasingly alarmed by what I think is a fundamental re-structuring of the internal workings of government. It is hard to create public awareness of the issue because it requires a very...
Why oil supertankers have no place on the British Columbia coastline
Blog | Sunday, 02 Dec 2012Ideally, Canadians would have an opportunity to discuss what energy decisions are most in our national interest: to export bitumen crude as fast as possible? To refine the crude in Canada creating...
Green Party Urges Restraint in Canadian Response to United Nations Vote
Media Release | Friday, 30 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May urged that the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird take a more reasoned and balanced...
Chance to get life-saving drugs to Africa–but will it pass?
Blog | Thursday, 29 Nov 2012Last year many Canadians were saddened when Private Members Bill C-393, which had passed in the House, died in the Senate when the spring 2011 election was called. The bill is an attempt to fix what...
Elizabeth May to Speak to Budget Omnibus Bill C-45, Table Amendments
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Nov 2012OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will table dozens of substantive policy amendments to Budget Omnibus Bill C-45 when it returns to the House of Commons for Report Stage on Thursday, November...
May calls on Prime Minister to change course at UN climate talks
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Nov 2012OTTAWA – Green Party leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, held a press conference today to explain the importance of the UN Climate Conference (COP18) unfolding in Doha, Qatar, until...
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...