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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to attend UN climate negotiations in Poland
Media Release | Thursday, 14 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, will be in Warsaw, Poland, from November 17 to 22, as the only Canadian Opposition Member of Parliament...
Remembrance Day Statement from the Green Party of Canada - Elizabeth May's Tribute to Canada's Veterans
Media Release | Friday, 08 Nov 2013OTTAWA: On Wednesday, Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, rose in the House of Commons to deliver the following tribute to Canada's veterans: ...
Green Party announces appointment of new Environment Critic
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Nov 2013OTTAWA: The Green Party of Canada today announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Park, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Winnipeg, as the Party’s new Environment Critic. An...
Green Party stands with coalition of First Nations protecting Gulf of St. Lawrence
Media Release | Thursday, 07 Nov 2013OTTAWA: The Green Party of Canada today voiced its support for a groundbreaking new political coalition of First Nations chiefs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region fighting to defend the area from...
Federal Environment Commissioner’s Fall Report paints grim picture of state of biodiversity in Canada
Media Release | Wednesday, 06 Nov 2013OTTAWA – Environmental conservation in Canada has reached a new low, according to a report from the office of the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released...
Green Party extends holiday greetings for Hindu festival of Diwali
Media Release | Sunday, 03 Nov 2013On the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, The Green Party of Canada today recognizes the many contributions of Canada’s Hindu and Jain communities to our country’s vibrant cultural...
Green Party to Minister of Environment: Heed federal panel’s warnings on controversial BC gold-copper mine
Media Release | Friday, 01 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Following Thursday’s release of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s Report of the Federal Review Panel: New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project, the Green Party of Canada is...
Green Party calls on Foreign Affairs Minister to push for release of Canadian Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia
Media Release | Friday, 01 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich – Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada has called on Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird to push for the release of two Canadian citizens...
BC salmon facing bleak future on first anniversary of Cohen Commission Report
Media Release | Thursday, 31 Oct 2013Today marks one year since the release of the final report of the Cohen Commission into the alarming decline of Fraser River Sockeye populations, and despite the report’s strong recommendations, the...
Curtain falls on rights of individual Members of Parliament
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013Multiple Parliamentary Committees have now passed the Conservative motion to shut down the rights of individual Members of Parliament. For Members falling outside of the Conservative, NDP, or Liberal...