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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...
This session of parliament
Blog | Thursday, 04 Jul 2013The headlines covered some of what happened: scandals, Senate fraud, a $90,000 cheque from the prime minister’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, (who quickly became the former chief of staff) to pay off...
Climate Jeopardy
Blog | Friday, 28 Jun 2013A. “Up a creek.’ Q. What is President Obama’s climate action plan and where does that leave Stephen Harper? I would have suggested the answer was “high and dry,” but given the increasing likelihood...
How Greens Vote in the EU Parliament
Blog | Friday, 28 Jun 2013My daughter Cate just graduated from Kings University in Halifax in May and has been interning in Brussels with a friend of mine, Catherine Greze, Green Party of France MEP in the European Parliament...
What I Would Change About Politics in Canada
Blog | Monday, 24 Jun 2013Democracy is, as Winston Churchill once quipped, the worst system of government, except all the others that have been tried. He also, less famously said, “The best argument against democracy is a...
Praising the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Blog | Sunday, 23 Jun 2013I remain so grateful to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for your leadership on issues of sustainability. Municipalities, large and small, rural and urban, represent a level of government...
Green Party of Canada Expresses Sympathy for Southern Alberta Flood Victims
Statement | Friday, 21 Jun 2013OTTAWA, Ontario, and CALGARY, Alberta — The Green Party of Canada (GPC) today expressed its sympathy for all those affected by the unprecedented flooding in Calgary and Southern Alberta. The GPC also...
Greens Celebrate National Aboriginal Day; Praise Aboriginal Activism
Statement | Friday, 21 Jun 2013The Green Party of Canada today recognizes National Aboriginal Day, a time to celebrate the heritage and achievements of Canada’s three Aboriginal groups – the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. It...
Conservatives to Diminish Access to Top Astronomy Interpretive Centre/Historic Site
Media Release | Friday, 21 Jun 2013OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives will be cutting back public access to the Centre of the Universe, an astronomy interpretive centre and national historic site in Victoria, BC, at the end of August...