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Conservatives Kill Green Efforts to Protect Park
Media Release | Thursday, 06 Nov 2014Government members reject all 18 Green amendments to Rouge Park bill(OTTAWA) — Efforts to boost protection for the Rouge National Urban Park were rejected last night, as...
Green Party of Canada Congratulates UK Green MP Caroline Lucas for Winning MP of the Year
Media Release | Thursday, 06 Nov 2014“Caroline Lucas is a shining example of the good that an MP can do as a voice for disenfranchised communities,” Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada...
Green Party of Canada Supports Key Findings from the IPCC Report
Media Release | Monday, 03 Nov 2014IPCC Report concludes that climate change threatens irreversible and dangerous impacts, unless immediate steps are taken The Green Party of Canada supports the key findings from the Intergovernmental...
Green Party of Canada speaks out against animal abuse
Media Release | Monday, 20 Oct 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party is appalled by the livestock transportation industry’s abuse and neglect of pigs, as revealed by a recent undercover investigation by the organization Mercy for Animals. In...
Greens call on federal government to honour First Nations treaty rights, say “No” to Site C Dam
Media Release | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada today calls on the federal government to abide by the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling in the Tsilhqot’in land title case, and to honour the established...
Today is National All Buffleheads Day
Media Release | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada today celebrates the annual return of the Bufflehead, the world’s smallest diving duck, to the Saanich Peninsula. These punctual sea ducks return to their winter...
Community calls for protection of Saanich Inlet ecosystem
Media Release | Thursday, 09 Oct 2014OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, today tabled a petition on behalf of the Saanich Inlet Protection Society in the House of Commons calling...
Greens urge feds and provinces to step-up and increase investments in public transit and municipal infrastructure
Media Release | Wednesday, 08 Oct 2014OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, today joined Green municipal leaders and candidates in urging federal and provincial governments to help...
Report from Environment Commissioner confirms continued failure of Harper Conservatives
Media Release | Tuesday, 07 Oct 2014OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is disturbed by the government’s lack of meaningful response to today’s Report from Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.“Once again...
Statement from the Green Party of Canada on Mental Illness Awareness Week 2014
Media Release | Monday, 06 Oct 2014OTTAWA – This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and...