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May to NEB: Kinder Morgan Expansion Fails Public Interest Test
Media Release | Thursday, 21 Jan 2016(BURNABY, BC) -- In the final argument phase of the National Energy Board hearing in the application from Trans Mountain to expand the Kinder Morgan pipeline from Alberta to the lower mainland of...
Elizabeth May extends sympathy for those killed in Burkina Faso
Media Release | Monday, 18 Jan 2016(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and MP (Saanich-Gulf Islands), extends heartfelt sympathies to the families of those killed during an attack in Burkina Faso. A total of 29 people...
Green Party of Canada and Ontario Greens’ Call for an Independent Review of the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant
Media Release | Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016(OTTAWA) Today, Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and MP (Saanich-Gulf Islands) and Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party, issued a joint statement opposing the Ontario government’...
Green Party Supports Amnesty International Call to Release Canada’s Report on Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Record
Media Release | Saturday, 09 Jan 2016(Ottawa) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich – Gulf Islands), called on the government to release a report written in 2015 which assessed Saudi Arabia’s human...
Leaders of the Green Party of Nova Scotia and Canada issue joint statement calling on Nova Scotia to halt plans to reopen Donkin Mine
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Jan 2016(OTTAWA) Nova Scotia Interim Green Party Leader Brynn Nheiley, and Federal Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May called on the Nova Scotia government to halt any plans to reopen the Donkin coal...
Green Party welcomes Syrian refugees to their new home
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich-Gulf Islands), extends a warm welcome to the first group of Syrian refugees arriving this evening at Pearson...
The Green Party of Canada Commemorates Human Rights Day
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Today, on Human Rights Day, the Green Party recognizes the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. “Canada played a lead role...
An opportunity to fix what was broken
Media Release | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Saanich-Gulf Islands), announced today that she has placed a number of motions on the order paper to serve as a starting point...
Green parliamentarians from around the world call for climate treaty that works
Media Release | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - Green MPs meeting on the morning of December 9th (Paris time) reviewed the state of play in current negotiations. "It is clear that the collective commitments from all nations here amount...
Greens Applaud Finland’s plan for a Guaranteed Annual Income
Media Release | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada applauds the recent announcement by Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila, to implement a Basic Annual Income. It will make Finland the first in the world to provide...