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Ethiopian New Year Statement
Statement | Monday, 13 Sep 2010A solemn period with a long tradition, Ethiopian New Year is also a time of joyful celebration. The Green Party of Canada extends our good wishes for a Happy Ethiopian New Year season.
Australia's Greens
Blog | Friday, 10 Sep 2010With the exciting news out of Australia, you would think the Australian Green Party would be taken seriously. Amazingly, CBC's The National with Peter Mansbridge, reported that Julia Gillard had...
Ramadan Statement
Statement | Wednesday, 08 Sep 2010The month of Ramadan, in Canada, has come to include many efforts by members of Muslim communities to reach out to others by sharing Iftar (break-fast) and Eid (end of Ramadan) celebrations. As...
Rosh Hashana Statement
Statement | Wednesday, 08 Sep 2010Rosh Hashana, the beginning of each lunar year in the Jewish community, is a time for individual reflection and for sharing good wishes. The Green Party of Canada applauds the tradition of...
Alberta as Energy “Super Power”
Blog | Monday, 30 Aug 2010An item in the Victoria Times Colonist caught my attention the other day -- “It’s booze, gambling that powers Alberta.” Amazing that with all the alleged oil wealth that drives the...
Green Party of Canada congratulates Australian Greens
Statement | Thursday, 26 Aug 2010The Green Party of Canada extends its congratulations to the Green Party of Australia on their success in the recent Australian general election. History has been made and we look forward to...
The Inter-generational Party
Blog | Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010When people ask me the ways in which the Greens are different from the old line parties, I usually point out that we are consistently concerned with the long term issues -- that we think about the...
Time for a leadership race?
Blog | Sunday, 08 Aug 2010A great deal is on the blogs on the Green Party site and elsewhere that presumes a few things about current leadership questions.I have been trying to stay out of the discussion of leadership issues...
Stephen Schneider
Blog | Saturday, 24 Jul 2010One of the world's leading climate scientists has died. I knew him and respected his work and his commitment enormously. Stephen Schneider did his work from Colorado but is perhaps best known for...
Budget bill passed
Blog | Friday, 16 Jul 2010On July 6, I testified before the one legislative body that paused to examine the budget bill, the Senate Finance Committee. In a series of rushed hearings, the Senators heard about the changes...