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August 6th is Hiroshima Day
Statement | Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada commemorates today the 68th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. The city of Hiroshima, Japan, was bombed on Augusts 6th, 1945. “Now is the time to...
Elizabeth May in Comox to Support Missing Person Index
Media Release | Thursday, 01 Aug 2013COMOX, BC – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth is in Comox tomorrow to participate in an event to press for “Lindsay's Law” in honour of Lindsay Nicholls and to help the families of missing...
Harper’s enemies list
Blog | Wednesday, 31 Jul 2013The political news of the summer was supposed to be the Cabinet shuffle. It had been hyped well in advance. Unexpectedly, it was the leak of the compilation of an “enemies list” that distracted us...
Oil sands: the difficult poster child for Canada’s environmental record
Blog | Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013The Government of Canada will clearly spare no expense in extolling the environmental virtues of oil sands bitumen. We spend millions in promotion, domestic advertizing for our “Responsible Resource...
Canada Day prescription
Blog | Thursday, 18 Jul 2013On my Canada Day travels, I was asked what I would change about democracy in Canada. There is so much wrong in the current state of politics that people might think there is no available remedy. The...
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Jul 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada wishes to mark Nelson Mandela Day on July 18th. Every year on that date — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the United Nations joins a call by the Nelson Mandela...
Trains, pipelines and disasters
Blog | Monday, 15 Jul 2013Every time I think of what happened in Lac-Mégantic, I have a hard time getting past the sense of total grief that a beautiful little town should have been victim of such a random, devastating and...
Statement by Elizabeth May on the Occasion of Ramadan
Media Release | Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013Statement by Green Leader Elizabeth May on the occasion of Ramadan: “As Ramadan begins, everyone at the Green Party of Canada is sending their best wishes to Muslim communities at home and...
Laraque for Bourassa
Media Release | Tuesday, 09 Jul 2013MONTREAL – Georges Laraque announced today he will be the Green Party of Canada's candidate in the riding of Bourassa. Laraque has been Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada since 2010. “Today...
Lac-Mégantic: A Terrible Tragedy
Media Release | Monday, 08 Jul 2013The Green Party of Canada is deeply saddened by the terrible tragedy in Lac Mégantic. “We send our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of those who have been lost and those still missing. It...