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Happy Earth Day: House to vote on Canada-China Investment Treaty Today
Monday, 22 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA -- The highly controversial Canada-China Investment Treaty will go to a vote this evening on an NDP motion from the party’s supply day on Thursday. The treaty has never had so much as a day of...
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Earth Day 2013
Friday, 19 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd. “I first organized in my community for Earth Day 1970 — 43 years ago. I was in Grade 10 and it was also the very...
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Earth Day Events
Thursday, 18 Apr 2013 - Public events for Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May: Friday, April 19th 3:00 p.m. – Elizabeth May will attend the West Coast Oil and Pipeline Summit and Gala,a conference designed to...
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“Environment Canada” Disappears from Government of Canada Site
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – The words “Environment Canada” have been eliminated from the Government of Canada’s Weather website: http://weather.gc.ca “As with other government websites where information has simply...
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Statement by Elizabth May on the Boston Marathon Tragedy
Monday, 15 Apr 2013 - I am shocked and horrified, as we all are. Boston is a city I love visiting and know well. And the marathon is an event with great energy and a spirit of optimism. It seems particularly cruel to...
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Enbridge’s Line 9: Needing Permission to Talk About a Pipeline Going Through Your Neighbourhood? Welcome to Harperland.
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada condemns the new public debate suppression requirements put in place by the National Energy Board (NEB) at the request of Harper’s Conservatives. “10,000 barrels...
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Will You Wear Pink Today?
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – April 10th is the Day of Pink, the International Day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. The Green Party of Canada invites everyone to...
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Idle No More: “The Time for Dialogue is Now, Not After a Tragedy”
Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – In the wake of a second hunger strike by Cross Lake First Nation Elder Raymond Robinson, the Green Party of Canada calls on Primer Minister Harper to engage in a dialogue with all First...
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“Where Will Harper’s Isolationist Agenda Take Us?”
Thursday, 04 Apr 2013 - OTTAWA – In the wake of the recent withdrawal by Canada from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Green Party of Canada condemns the Canadian abandonment of three other...
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Canada Delivers Another Blow to Global Environmental Law
Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 - OTTAWA – Prime Minister Harper's administration has once more shocked the community of nations by withdrawing from an environmental treaty. This time it is the 1994 United Nations Convention to...