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Greens call on federal government to heed recommendations of UN report on Canada’s Aboriginal communities
Monday, 12 May 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada fully supports the recommendations of a new UN report released today on the state of Canada’s Aboriginal communities. Authored by United Nations Special Rapporteur...
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Greens welcome new federal funding for Maritime Rail
Monday, 12 May 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada welcomes news that the federal government is intervening to save Maritime passenger rail. Minister of Transportation Lisa Raitt was in Fredericton today to...
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Greens disappointed in Speaker’s ruling
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 - OTTAWA – House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer has rejected Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s Point of Order on the amendment process for the Conservatives’ Bill C-23, the so-called Fair Elections...
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Statement from Elizabeth May on the passing of Farley Mowat
Wednesday, 07 May 2014 - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, has given the following statement on the passing of her dear friend Farley Mowat: "When...
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Statement from the Green Party of Canada on World Press Freedom Day
Saturday, 03 May 2014 - OTTAWA – On World Press Freedom Day 2014, the Green Party of Canada wishes to bring attention to the plight of jailed Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, the winner of this year’s World Press...
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Elizabeth May extends sympathy to families and loved ones of those killed in Nanaimo shooting
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, extends heartfelt sympathies to the families of those killed at a Nanaimo sawmill this...
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Elizabeth May’s National Lyme Disease Strategy Act passes second reading in House of Commons
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, passed second reading in the House of Commons yesterday evening and has now been sent to the House Standing Committee on Health for...
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Elizabeth May to table significant amendments to Fair Elections Act
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands will present some of her party’s 75 proposed amendments to Bill C-23, the Conservatives’...
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Fair Elections Act changes a good start, but more must be done to protect Canadian democracy
Friday, 25 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada welcomes news of the Conservatives' backtracking on some of the more radical aspects of their highly controversial bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act. Since it was...
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SCC ruling on Senate reform: Harper Conservatives should stop wasting Parliament’s time
Friday, 25 Apr 2014 - OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is unsurprised by today’s ruling on Senate reform, which marks the third consecutive defeat for the Harper Conservatives in a Supreme Court reference case. Today...
