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Green Party Issues Arctic Wake-Up Call
Media Release | Monday, 27 Aug 2012All-Time Record Loss of World’ s Sea Ice Can No Longer Be Ignored OTTAWA – The Green Party today called on Stephen Harper to provide Canadians with the kind of leadership needed at a time of...
Reckless Promotion of Maritime Offshore Drilling Opposed
Media Release | Friday, 24 Aug 2012Provincial/Federal Governments/Agencies Must Represent Citizens, not Big Oil OTTAWA – This hasn't been a good week for Canadians who care about their environment. The oil and gas industry on the...
The shell game
Blog | Wednesday, 22 Aug 2012The idea of a shell game is simple enough. Three small shells or cups glide around a surface, hiding one small object. Wikipedia notes that this game is an elaborate, if simple, confidence trick,...
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Joint Statement
Statement | Tuesday, 21 Aug 2012As the Green parliamentary political parties of seven nations whose governments are currently in the process of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), we are issuing this joint...
Canadians want more product labeling, not reductions in food and drug regulations
Blog | Sunday, 19 Aug 2012In all the slashing and burning of existing environmental laws, the dramatic reduction of oversight of the Canadian domestic spy agency, the loss of sovereignty in allowing US law enforcement...
World Humanitarian Day
Media Release | Sunday, 19 Aug 2012World Humanitarian Day, August 19, is a relatively new day of recognition. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 to acknowledge and honour those courageous people who...
Green Party Convention Featured Speakers
Media Release | Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012SIDNEY -- The Saanich-Gulf Islands riding association is proud to host the 2012 Green Party Convention in Sidney, BC, this weekend, August 17-19th, 2012 and welcomes tremendous speakers. “I’m so...
Oshawa Ethanol Plant More Greed Than Green?
Media Release | Monday, 13 Aug 2012Patronage, not the Environment Appears to be Behind Project OTTAWA – The Harper Conservatives’ latest move to support the building of a $200-million ethanol processing plant on Oshawa’s valuable...
Green Party National Convention Takes a Local Approach
Media Release | Sunday, 12 Aug 2012SAANICH-GULF ISLANDS -The Green Party is holding its 2012 National Convention in Sidney, BC, situated in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding of its federal leader, Elizabeth May. In the 2011 Election,...
International Youth Day - Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth
Media Release | Sunday, 12 Aug 2012OTTAWA - On December 17, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating August 12 as International Youth Day. This was a timely call to action aimed at inspiring the world’...