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What I gave to every Member of Parliament
Blog | Friday, 23 Dec 2011I had not been planning to give every Member of Parliament a present for Christmas/Hanukkah/holiday break, but the story of what I gave and why is, in its own right, a way of sharing the best of this...
Unpublished Letter to the Editor: MP Attendance Records
Blog | Friday, 16 Dec 2011To the editor,Your story on the high absenteeism in Parliament of many MPs and leadership hopefuls contains one major omission. You forgot to mention that Green Party leader Elizabeth May has one of...
Withdrawal from Kyoto Appalling
Media Release | Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is appalled by the Harper government’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. “It is extremely shocking that Canada has chosen to withdraw just days after...
Kyoto withdrawal: There must be a political price to be paid
Blog | Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011I am just back from Durban and COP17. So is Peter Kent. Only he came back and announced that Canada will strike a blow at the fragile agreement that was just produced. As I am sure you have heard...
Greens Applaud AFN and CSN Leadership on Oil and Gas Moratorium in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Media Release | Monday, 12 Dec 2011OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the CSN (Confédération des syndicats nationaux), one of Quebec’s largest trade unions with 300,000 members, are both calling for a full moratorium on...
Last thoughts on the Durban package
Blog | Sunday, 11 Dec 2011Alright, probably not last thoughts. Analysis and review will continue for months if not years.By some lights it was a breakthrough to have China and India and Brazil talking about targets -- even...
Deal in Durban - Day 8
Blog | Saturday, 10 Dec 2011I and a couple thousand others just pulled an all-nighter here in Durban. We have a deal. The deal is that we now have a follow up to the Kyoto Protocol. There are some things that are good about it...
Overtime in Durban - Day 7
Blog | Saturday, 10 Dec 2011It’s just gone midnight here in Durban. Officially the agenda was supposed to end at 5 pm Friday. So we are now 31 hours over - and counting. Earlier today smaller groupings of countries were meeting...
On the brink in Durban - Day 6
Blog | Saturday, 10 Dec 2011It’s somewhere close to midnight here in Durban, and most of the attendees have been sent home. The most senior officials from each country are staying to negotiate. This includes Ministers,...
Human Rights Day underscores the urgency of COP17
Media Release | Saturday, 10 Dec 2011DURBAN - While the clock ticks on climate action, COP17 runs into overtime hours. It may turn out that today is not the last day of COP17 -- but the significance of Human Rights Day underscores the...