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Statement: Happy Diwali and Sal Mubarak!
Media Release | Saturday, 15 Oct 2011Warmest holiday wishes for Diwali, the festival of lights. On this start of the Hindu New Year, we can reflect on and celebrate the year gone by and look forward to the start of winter. Diwali is...
National All Bufflehead’s Day
Media Release | Friday, 14 Oct 2011OTTAWA – On October 15th, the Bufflehead’s return, to great celebration in Sidney and Victoria, B.C. The Bufflehead is the world's smallest diving duck and one of the most strikingly handsome...
Greens Urge Kent to Reverse Kill-order
Media Release | Friday, 14 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The government today refused continued financial support for the Canadian Environmental Network (CEN). "I am deeply shocked that the government failed to understand the logic behind...
Consistency Please
Media Release | Thursday, 13 Oct 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on Prime Minister Harper and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to explain the inconsistencies surrounding which political leaders are allowed into the...
May, MP for Saanich Gulf Islands commends Environment Minister for Park progress
Media Release | Thursday, 13 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is pleased to welcome a Parks Canada initiative moving forward with a feasibility...
Why has the government ignored its own experts; 'energy drinks' are drugs
Media Release | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The federal government is not responding strongly enough to regulate energy drinks, says the Green Party of Canada. "It is appalling that the Harper government is ignoring expert advice to...
Occupy Wall Street Shows the Need to Renew Democracy for the Public Good
Media Release | Friday, 07 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The Occupy Wall Street protest highlights the immense appetite for change felt across North America and shared by the Green Party of Canada. Thousands of people have come together in...
The Muzzling of Government Scientists (Question Period)
Blog | Friday, 07 Oct 2011(Question in the House of Commons) Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment to continuously try to unravel the muzzling of...
Greens Endorse Mother Earth Accord
Media Release | Friday, 07 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada has joined with the Dene Nation and other First Nations as well as tribal leaders and property owners in supporting the Mother Earth Accord. The accord details...
Greens endorse Mother Earth Accord
Media Release | Friday, 07 Oct 2011OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada has joined with the Dene Nation and other First Nations as well as tribal leaders and property owners in supporting the Mother Earth Accord. The accord details...