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CAPP Principles Can’t Greenwash Fracking Problems
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The new voluntary principles for fracking released by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) will make no difference, according to Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May...
Greens support Castle wilderness protesters
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada fully supports the citizens who are holding a picket-line protest in order to prevent clear cutting in the Castle Special Management Area of southwest Alberta. “...
Next on the chopping block: ecoEnergy Program gets the axe
Media Release | Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012OTTAWA -- Not only has the Harper Conservatives terminated a highly popular energy efficiency program, but they are dropping the guillotine even earlier than planned, a move that has the Greens...
Greens in Favour of Sealer Buyout
Media Release | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada is expressing support today of NDP MP Ryan Cleary's efforts to examine both the commercial seal hunt and the management of the cod fishery. "I support his Private...
A Watershed Opportunity for Partnering in Canada: Will We Succeed?
Media Release | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012OTTAWA -- After years of talking, the Harper Government is currently meeting with Aboriginal leaders from across Canada. The goal is to find solutions to the escalating problems facing Aboriginal...
Greens in support of locked out workers
Media Release | Saturday, 21 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is standing in support of the more than 400 locked out Electro-Motive Canada workers. “It’s outrageous that a profitable company would ask workers to accept a 50...
MP Pension Reform Needed, say Greens
Media Release | Friday, 20 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is in full agreement that reform is needed for Member of Parliament pension plans. “Examining how best to reform pensions of MPs is completely in line with what I’...
Keystone cancellation a boon for Canada
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May sees the Obama Administration refusal of the Keystone Pipeline as an opportunity to create Canadian jobs. "We should now pause and re-think shipping our...
Employment Insurance backlogs reaching crisis levels
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Government of Canada to solve the Employment Insurance (EI) backlog immediately as it is causing immense stress for already suffering families. “...
Green Party of Canada supports aboriginal man's plea for pardon
Media Release | Thursday, 19 Jan 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Honourable Robert Nicholson, Minister of Justice to issue a pardon for the unjust second degree murder conviction of John C. Moore. “John is...