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Why a two degree Celsius increase in the global average temperature is a big deal
Blog | Monday, 21 Jan 2013The International Energy Agency is warning that shooting past two degrees Celsius average global temperature will have “dire consequences.” And the World Bank is talking about 3.5 degrees of warming...
More VAC Pink Slips
Media Release | Friday, 18 Jan 2013OTTAWA – A Veteran Affairs Canada (VAC) spokesperson said today that 233 letters regarding staff reductions were sent across the country. Twenty-two positions at the head office in Charlottetown will...
What will 2013 hold for Canada?
Blog | Thursday, 17 Jan 2013I admit that I have failed in my number one goal for 2012—either convincing Stephen Harper to change his mind about Kyoto or to force him out of office in time to stop the withdrawal from Kyoto. On...
Canada-Colombia: El Comercio Reemplaza los Derechos Humanos
Media Release | Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013OTTAWA - El Partido Verde de Canadá condena la decisión tomada por los parlamentarios conservadores del Primer Ministro Steven Harper de modificar la normativa que rige la Lista de Control de Países...
Tofino Has New, Green Mayor
Media Release | Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013SIDNEY, BC – Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Elizabeth May, welcomes the news that Josie Osborne was sworn in today as mayor of Tofino, British Columbia. Ms....
Canada-Colombia: Trade Supersedes Human Rights
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Jan 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada denounces Harper’s Conservatives decision to amend the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) to allow Canadian arm merchants to sell fully automatic...
The Attawapiskat audit: Distracting us from a legacy of failure
Blog | Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013The tensions surrounding First Nations and the federal government are, perhaps, at an all-time high. I had hoped the Prime Minister’s decision to meet with First Nations leadership this Friday was a...
Meeting Between Chief Spence and Elizabeth May
Media Release | Friday, 04 Jan 2013OTTAWA – Green Leader Elizabeth May met with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence today on Victoria Island. She is the first political party leader to meet with her. Chief Spence is in Day 25 of her...
Greens Condemn Fantino’s Decision to Freeze Aid to Haiti
Media Release | Friday, 04 Jan 2013OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Island Elizabeth May condemns the decision of International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino to suspend indefinitely new aid from...
Hunger Strikes
Blog | Friday, 28 Dec 2012I was reading Naomi Klein’s piece the other day about her wakening to take care of her little boy and then thinking about Chief Spence, hungry in the night. I thought to myself, “she’s not feeling...