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Long August Weekend covers new Harper deadline - Condemn Harper Conservatives for Anti-Democratic Process
Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012OTTAWA – On Friday, August 3, 2012, Environment Minister Peter Kent sent a letter to the Joint Review Panel currently studying Enbridge’s proposal to build a twinned pipeline over 1100 kilometres...
August 6th is Hiroshima Day
Statement | Monday, 06 Aug 2012OTTAWA -- Today, thousands across the globe will take part in commemoration ceremonies to remember the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and the...
National energy strategy possible, federal leadership missing
Blog | Sunday, 05 Aug 2012For decades, the legacy of the National Energy Program left politicians so shell-shocked and risk-averse that they were unwilling to even moot the need for a national energy policy.Now that the...
Restitution
Blog | Friday, 03 Aug 2012A few weeks ago I talked to a Globe and Mail reporter about the possibilities for cross party cooperation. I shared with her that (my own opinion, and not a party decision) that a good place to start...
Greens Welcome Ontario Refining Jobs: Fear Pipeline Spills without Appropriate Regulations
Media Release | Thursday, 02 Aug 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party is concerned about the conditions under which Enbridge Gas is reversing the flow of crude oil in its Line 9 (Sarnia-Hamilton) pipeline. While the Green Party welcomes the...
Green Party Supports Continent-Wide Day of Action: Behaviour of Canadian Mining Companies Too Often Destructive
Media Release | Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012OTTAWA – The Green Party is pleased to offer its full support for today’s continent-wide day of action against the global offences of the Canadian mining industry. “The failure of some Canadian...
Greens, Coalition, and Scientists Demand Exploration Halt in Gulf
Media Release | Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012HALIFAX – The Green Party of Canada, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition, and two prominent scientists today called for an exploration and drilling moratorium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence –...
The search for heroes
Blog | Thursday, 26 Jul 2012On Wednesday, June 13th, just after Question Period and before the tabling of amendments to the Omnibus Budget Bill C-38, a rally took place outside Parliament. The on-line advocacy group leadnow.com...
May Demands Public Inquiry into Future of Strategic Resource - Latest Chinese Acquisition in Oil Sands Raises Serious Concerns
Media Release | Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012OTTAWA – The proposed purchase of Calgary-based Nexen Inc., Canada’s 12th-largest energy company, by the China National Offshore Oil Company, CNOOC Ltd., for $15.1-billion (U.S.) should be setting...
Elizabeth May to Speak at Save Katimavik Rally - Green Party Leader Says Conservatives Hurting Young People
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jul 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, will be speaking at a Toronto rally this weekend in an attempt to stop the national volunteer programme, Katimavik, from being...