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Greens in support of locked out workers
Media Release | Saturday, 21 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is standing in support of the more than 400 locked out Electro-Motive Canada workers. “It’s outrageous that a profitable company would ask workers to accept a 50...
MP Pension Reform Needed, say Greens
Media Release | Friday, 20 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is in full agreement that reform is needed for Member of Parliament pension plans. “Examining how best to reform pensions of MPs is completely in line with what I’...
Keystone cancellation a boon for Canada
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May sees the Obama Administration refusal of the Keystone Pipeline as an opportunity to create Canadian jobs. "We should now pause and re-think shipping our...
Employment Insurance backlogs reaching crisis levels
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Government of Canada to solve the Employment Insurance (EI) backlog immediately as it is causing immense stress for already suffering families. “...
Green Party of Canada supports aboriginal man's plea for pardon
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Honourable Robert Nicholson, Minister of Justice to issue a pardon for the unjust second degree murder conviction of John C. Moore. “John is...
Durban and the road ahead
Blog | Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012Originally published in Island Tides,Vol 24, Number 1, Jan 12, 2012. I have been home on Canadian soil for the last few weeks, happy to enjoy Christmas in Sidney, but having trouble shaking the...
Health Canada failed to reveal radioactivity in rainwater
Media Release | Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012OTTAWA - Despite public concern over fallout from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Health Canada failed to report higher than normal radioactive iodine levels in rainwater. The Green Party of...
Greens welcome new Liberal marijuana policy
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is welcoming the shift in Liberal policy to legalize and regulate marijuana. “It is nice to see another party come in line with Green Party policy. We have said...
Greens pan Liberal choice of Alternative Vote
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is panning the Liberal convention’s choice to endorse an Alternative Vote system as their party policy. “Alternative Vote is not Proportional Representation and...
Greens ask Quebec to re-commit to Kyoto
Media Release | Friday, 13 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada Quebec wing is supporting the initiative of a petition submitted to the National Assembly, asking thatQuebec commit to the Kyoto Protocol, despite the federal...