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The Attawapiskat audit: Distracting us from a legacy of failure
Blog | Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013The tensions surrounding First Nations and the federal government are, perhaps, at an all-time high. I had hoped the Prime Minister’s decision to meet with First Nations leadership this Friday was a...
Meeting Between Chief Spence and Elizabeth May
Media Release | Friday, 04 Jan 2013OTTAWA – Green Leader Elizabeth May met with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence today on Victoria Island. She is the first political party leader to meet with her. Chief Spence is in Day 25 of her...
Greens Condemn Fantino’s Decision to Freeze Aid to Haiti
Media Release | Friday, 04 Jan 2013OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Island Elizabeth May condemns the decision of International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino to suspend indefinitely new aid from...
Hunger Strikes
Blog | Friday, 28 Dec 2012I was reading Naomi Klein’s piece the other day about her wakening to take care of her little boy and then thinking about Chief Spence, hungry in the night. I thought to myself, “she’s not feeling...
Idle No More Rally in Ottawa
Blog | Thursday, 20 Dec 2012Dear supporter,Join us for the Idle No More rally this Friday in Ottawa. Idle No More is a First Nations grassroots movement created in reaction to Harper's C-45 Omnibus Bill and its attack on...
Green Party Supports the #idlenomore Movement
Media Release | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada calls on all Canadians to take part in #idlenomore events throughout Canada. Green Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, specifically...
First Nations Demand Harper Government Honour Constitutional Duty to Consult Regarding the Canada China FIPPA
Blog | Friday, 14 Dec 2012I am very worried that the Prime Minister will use the Parliamentary break to ratify the Canada-China Investment Treaty. Please act in solidarity with First Nations. Please keep up the pressure,...
“Day of Shame”: Canada Officially Out of Kyoto
Media Release | Friday, 14 Dec 2012OTTAWA – On December 15th, Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol will take legal effect. Canada will be the only nation out of more than 180 to legally exit the protocol. “It is the first...
Backgrounder: Canada & Climate Change
Backgrounder | Friday, 14 Dec 2012Canada is required under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to maintain an inventory of overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to submit an annual report. All of the GHG...
What to make of the federal by-elections?
Blog | Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012On November 26, voters in three ridings went to the polls to replace MPs who resigned within the last few months. In June, Calgary Centre Conservative Lee Richardson resigned to accept a position as...