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May’s bill would end shark fin sales
Media Release | Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012SIDNEY, BC - Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, has tabled the first Green Party bill: Bill C-417 An Act to amend the Fish...
Harper assault on environment continues
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012SIDNEY, BC -- Prime Minister Harper has dropped any pretence that he cares about Canada’s natural environment, reducing the federal government’s oversight role to miniscule proportions. “It is full...
Charter of Rights and Freedoms being threatened
Media Release | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012SIDNEY, BC – An increasing number of Canadians are aware of the Harper Conservatives’ attacks on our democracy – proroguing and contempt of Parliament, limiting debate, secret committee hearings –...
Loss of CFIA research centre part of unfortunate anti-science trend?
Media Release | Saturday, 14 Apr 2012OTTAWA - MP Elizabeth May is protesting the loss of a Canadian Food Inspection Agency research centre in Saanich-Gulf Islands, the riding she represents, a casualty of the federal government's budget...
Funding Cut Set-back for Native Women’s Goal of Equality
Media Release | Saturday, 14 Apr 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is calling for the restoration of Health Canada funding to the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC). “This cut in funding is a real blow to a valuable...
An imagined interview: Bob Newhart asks Stephen Harper about the 2012 budget
Blog | Thursday, 12 Apr 2012BN: Mr. Prime Minister, I am so pleased you agreed to take my call. BN: Thank you for that, but I am not actually from Vermont…. It was a television show. BN: Great, well I wanted to start by...
F-35s
Blog | Friday, 06 Apr 2012In July 2010, I wrote a column for my local paper, Island Tides, on the decision to buy 65 F-35 fighter jets. Now that the Auditor General has confirmed what everyone knew, that the planes were...
Need for Land Mine Awareness Continues
Media Release | Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012OTTAWA - April 4th marks the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, raising awareness about the damaging consequences of explosive remnants of war. “There are countless...
The budget "debate"
Blog | Tuesday, 03 Apr 2012Because the Leader of the Official Opposition is entitled to make a speech in response to the budget with no time limit, the NDP Finance critic, given the speaking rights by his leader, has the...
Global Action Desperately Needed as Tens of Thousands of Refugees Flee from Burmese Military
Media Release | Tuesday, 03 Apr 2012OTTAWA - While the world focused on the Burmese parliamentary by-elections held last Sunday, in which the Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally won a seat, most...