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Statement on Yom Kippur 2016
Statement | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) October 11-12, 2016 – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich–Gulf Islands) issued the following statement on the occasion of Yom Kippur: “Today at sundown marks the...
Statement on International Day of the Girl 2016
Statement | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), released the following call to action regarding International Day of the Girl: “Developed nations have a...
Elizabeth May: How to get more women elected to Parliament
Blog | Friday, 07 Oct 2016This article originally appeared at http://mybackyard.press/index.php/2016/10/07/how-to-get-more-women-elect...With the proportion of women in parliament at an all-time high – 26% and with agender...
Statement regarding interception of Women's Peace Boat to Gaza on Oct. 6
Media Release | Friday, 07 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) – The Green Party of Canada calls upon the government of Israel to release the members of the Women’s Peace Boat, intercepted Thursday morning off the coast of Gaza. The Peace Boat sailed...
Liberals must act on sloppy record keeping, mismanaged tracking for nuclear safety inspections
Media Release | Wednesday, 05 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) – The Green Party of Canada released the following statement following an audit by the federal Environment Commissioner, Julie Gelfand, on nuclear safety inspections: “This alarming report...
Nova Scotia Greens call on McNeil government to continue talks on carbon pricing
Media Release | Tuesday, 04 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) - The McNeil government is rejecting climate change science by refusing to participate in talks with Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna. On Monday, Nova Scotia...
National carbon pricing plan won't fix weak climate targets
Media Release | Monday, 03 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada released the following statement in response to a national carbon pricing plan: “I commend the Trudeau administration for being first to implement a national...
Statement for Rosh Hashanah 2016
Statement | Sunday, 02 Oct 2016(OTTAWA) October 2, 2016 – The Green Party of Canada released the following statement to mark the beginning of Rosh Hashanah: “At sundown tonight, Jewish Canadians mark the start of Rosh Hashanah,...
Elizabeth May files submission with Kinder Morgan pipeline review panel; public input deadline Friday
Media Release | Thursday, 29 Sep 2016(OTTAWA) – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), filed a submission today to the ministerial panel appointed to conduct further consultation on Kinder Morgan’...
Approval of Petronas LNG project further sabotages Canada’s climate action commitments
Media Release | Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada released the following statement in response to the federal government’s approval of a liquified natural gas (LNG) project for Flora Bank/Lelu Island in northern...