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PBO report misses the target, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May
Thursday, 13 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – Today’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) report Closing the Gap: Carbon pricing for the Paris target is mislabelled, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands). “When...
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Advisory Council’s $15 billion single-payer pharmacare recommendation a step in the right direction but timeline unacceptable, says Elizabeth May
Wednesday, 12 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s advisory council today recommended the establishment of a $15 billion universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. The plan would create a new drug agency to...
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Overcoming substantial obstacles, ‘Free-Willy’ bill finally passes
Monday, 10 Jun 2019 - OTTAWA – Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act cleared its final hour of debate at third reading and was passed in the House of Commons today. Bill S-203 was introduced by...
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All Canadians must work together on MMIW recommendations, says Elizabeth May
Monday, 03 Jun 2019 - June 3, 2019 OTTAWA -- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said today that she accepts the key findings of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous woman, including that the ongoing impacts of...
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In Canada, a new MP; in Europe, an election surge. The global Green Wave is gathering momentum, says Elizabeth May
Monday, 27 May 2019 - OTTAWA -- On the same day Paul Manly was sworn in as Canada’s second elected Green Party MP, Greens across Europe were celebrating historic results in elections for the European Parliament. Greens...
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Extremely disappointed in the B.C. Court of Appeal ruling today, says Green Party Leader
Friday, 24 May 2019 - Ottawa -- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) expressed dismay at the B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. "I am extremely disappointed that...
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Green Party Leader calls out Senate committee for not proceeding with Bill C-48
Thursday, 16 May 2019 - OTTAWA -- On Wednesday, the Senate committee on transportation recommended against proceeding with Bill C-48, which would enact an oil tanker moratorium along the northern coast of B.C. C-48 would...
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Elizabeth May unveils Mission: Possible – the Green Climate Action Plan
Thursday, 16 May 2019 - OTTAWA -- The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that any rise in global average temperature above 1.5 degrees C will mean losing our hospitable biosphere. Extraordinary...
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The Green Wave gathers momentum as Paul Manly sweeps to victory in Nanaimo-Ladysmith!
Tuesday, 07 May 2019 - SIDNEY, B.C. -- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich Gulf-Islands) hailed the dawn of a new era in federal politics after Green candidate Paul Manly’s historic victory in the Nanaimo-...
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Greens make big gains and P.E.I. politics will never be the same
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019 - OTTAWA -- Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May has congratulated her P.E.I. counterpart Peter Bevan-Baker on the party’s history-making result in tonight’s provincial election. Bevan-Baker and...
