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Fanfare and backrooms
Blog | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(LIMA) - As the available hours for negotiations wind down, we have entered the usual phase at such negotiations of high-level speeches extolling negotiators to finish the work and deliver on our...
Green Party congratulates Chief Perry Bellegarde as New National Chief for Assembly of First Nations
Media Release | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada congratulates newly elected National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Perry Bellegarde. Chief Bellegarde was elected as the National Chief with 63%...
Climate march in Lima and fresh ideas in talks
Blog | Thursday, 11 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The COP20 talks are taking place in an unlikely venue - a military base outside of town. Despite the reporting of its carbon footprint, being built from scratch to accommodate ten...
Canada’s Dismal Presence in Lima at COP20
Blog | Tuesday, 09 Dec 2014Leona Aglukkaq has been in Lima at COP20 arriving on the same flight I took to Peru. She was in first class so I didn’t see her, but I was reliably informed by a friend in the front cabin that she...
Elizabeth May named the 3rd Most Valuable Politician in House of Commons
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada congratulates Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, who was named the 3rd Most Valuable Politician in a recent...
Climate talks at national and sub-national levels
Blog | Monday, 08 Dec 2014Sorry. That has to be my least inspired blog title ever. Chalk it up to being immersed in UN-speak all day. The morning plenary dealt with two newly tabled documents -- a draft decision from the co...
Elizabeth May - Available for interviews during COP 20 in Lima, Peru
Media Advisory | Monday, 08 Dec 2014(OTTAWA) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich – Gulf Islands, is in Lima, Peru to participate in the 20th Session of the Conference of Parties (...
Bruce Hyer to give Speech and present Deletions to Bill C-44
Media Advisory | Monday, 08 Dec 2014Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act (OTTAWA) - Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay – Superior North, will deliver a speech and present...
What’s at stake in Lima?
Blog | Saturday, 06 Dec 2014I am in Lima, Peru for the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COPs within the UNFCCC are the on-going process working to develop a...
For Immediate Release: Elizabeth May leaves for Lima Peru today to participate in COP 20
Media Release | Saturday, 06 Dec 2014Canada’s only opposition Member of Parliament attending the meetings (Ottawa) - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich- Gulf Islands, leaves for today...