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Greens applaud Harb seal bill
Media Release | Wednesday, 02 May 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party applauds Senator Mac Harb for introducing a bill to end Canada's commercial seal hunt for good, which was seconded today by Senator Larry Campbell. The Greens have long...
May: Raising Awareness about Lyme Disease
Media Release | Wednesday, 02 May 2012OTTAWA - May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Green Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) is doing her part to help. May will introduce a Private Member’s Bill calling for the development of...
First Year of Harper Conservative Majority Very “Fishy”
Media Release | Wednesday, 02 May 2012OTTAWA – From Election Day to the present, the Harper Conservatives’ first year of majority rule has been dangerous, tragic and nothing less than “fishy,” as it has pushed through its destructive...
May Day Protest of Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Media Release | Tuesday, 01 May 2012OTTAWA - May 1st, May Day, is International Workers’ Day around the world. Celebrated in Quebec since 1906, Canada has a long tradition of solidarity for working people. However, under the Harper...
Lighthouse Protection Deadline Approaching
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA - Despite calls to protect lighthouses as public assets and as part of Canada's cultural heritage, the federal government is washing its hands of this responsibility. Almost a thousand of...
PM Inconsistent on Use and Abuse of Budget Implementation Bills
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands today stated that Stephen Harper has been blatantly inconsistent in his attitude relating to the content...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits Ottawa
Statement | Monday, 30 Apr 2012His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Ottawa this week on his world tour, spreading a message of hope and compassion. The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet said with a laugh, “If I were to join a...
Talisman Failing to Respect Indigenous Rights in Peru
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is expressing great concern over the actions of Canadian oil company Talisman in the Achuar territory in Peru. “The Achuar are crying out for help from Canada to...
How the Conservatives stole environmental protection in broad daylight
Blog | Monday, 30 Apr 2012The single biggest assault on environmental law was tabled last Thursday morning in the House – to nary a whimper. No front page headlines. No media interviews for Opposition parties for the major...
Budget Implementation Act is Gutting of Environmental Laws in Disguise
Media Release | Friday, 27 Apr 2012OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, spent most of her afternoon reading the 420 pages of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain...