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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...
Greens Mark UN World Refugee Day
Statement | Thursday, 20 Jun 2013It should not come as a surprise that the focus for this year’s UN World Refugee Day, established in 2000 to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, is on the impact of war on families. The...
The latest attempt to deny climate science
Blog | Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013In case you missed it, earlier this month an article appeared in a little known physics journal, rated by scientists as of ‘low influence,’ the International Journal of Modern Physics B. The article...
May Releases Personal MP Expenses; Challenges Others
Media Release | Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has once again made her MP office and personal expense claims public, as she has done since being elected, hoping her fellow MPs...
Elizabeth May stands against oil exploration on Sable Island National Park Reserve
Media Release | Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013OTTAWA - Despite attempts to expedite the passage of Bill S-15 before summer recess, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has blocked a motion for unanimous consent that would...
Greens Warn about Surveillance Threat to Democracy
Media Release | Thursday, 13 Jun 2013OTTAWA - Canadians have a right to know how much clandestine surveillance is being carried out on the Canadian public, said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands. “We first...
Conservatives reject investigation into MPs’ possible use of taxpayer-funded travel for by-election campaigning
Media Release | Thursday, 13 Jun 2013OTTAWA - After Question Period on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, rose in the House of Commons and moved the following: “Mr. Speaker, following on...
Greens condemn Minister Flaherty's uneconomic airport surprise
Media Release | Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013OTTAWA - On Tuesday, June 12, 2013, at an announcement to discuss the creation of the Rouge National Urban Park from which the public was banned, Federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty caught local...
Independent Report: Canadian Passenger Rail Coming Off Track
Media Release | Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013Independent MP Bruce Hyer and Green Party Leader and MP Elizabeth May are calling for immediate government action to reverse the decline of passenger rail across Canada in the wake of Hyer’s ...
May, Laraque Kick Off Canada’s Green Quebec Wing AGM
Media Release | Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, and Deputy Leader Georges Laraque will kick off the weekend-long 2013 AGM for the Quebec wing of the Green Party of Canada by speaking at...