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30 year anniversary of Terry Fox's run
Statement | Monday, 12 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- Today marks the 30th anniversary of Terry Fox’s remarkable attempt to run across Canada raising money for cancer research. This 22-year old one-legged hero ran an average of 42 km every...
Condolences to the Polish People
Statement | Saturday, 10 Apr 2010OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada expresses its deep sympathy for Poland after the sudden death of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria, Franciszek Gagor, Slawomir Skrzypek, Deputy Foreign...
Scientists at East Anglia vindicated by U.K. House of Commons
Blog | Sunday, 04 Apr 2010After months of having allegations of fraudulent behaviour trumpeted in the media (huge spread in the Globe and Mail, and Margaret Wente erroneously claiming the emails were “leaked”, similar...
Budget as Bulldozer: Take two
Blog | Thursday, 01 Apr 2010Last year, I wrote a blog with this title. I was shocked to find the 2009 Budget Implementation Bill was being used to gut the Navigable Water Protection Act (NWPA). The NWPA had been cornerstone...
The tar ponds “clean-up” will not work
Blog | Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010CBC News announced today that the clean up of the tar ponds has begun. The country’s worst toxic waste site will be completely remediated by the mid-1990s. Sorry. Wrong press release. That was the...
POP Quiz for Democracy fans!
Blog | Saturday, 20 Mar 2010OK, everyone really committed to regaining democracy in Canada; can you spot the whopper in the following statement from the Prime Minister? “Do I realistically expect that everybody who works for me...
Airport Tantrums
Blog | Friday, 19 Mar 2010I am writing a blog about this because I think I am the only person in political life who remembers Alan Redway. Alan Redway was a Progressive Conservative MP in the Mulroney government. If memory...
Getting corporate concentrated media to cover the problem of media concentration
Blog | Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010Earlier this week, we issued a news release on the enormous opportunity presented by the upcoming sale of the Asper empire of newspapers, CanWest Limited Partnership (LP). That conglomerate now...
An invitation for Earth Day
Blog | Sunday, 14 Mar 2010It occurred to me the other day that the next April 22 will be the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day. Back in 1970, I was in Grade 10 when the first Earth Day took place. I remember writing flyers...
Budget 2010
Blog | Friday, 05 Mar 2010Watch Elizabeth May's video commentary I can remember budget days in lock-ups when there was good news to be found. Even in a bad budget, there would be a new environmental programme or two.In a...