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    Elizabeth May makes history in Saanich-Gulf Islands

    Media Release | Tuesday, 03 May 2011
    The voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands (SGI) have made history, electing Canada’s first Green Member of Parliament. Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party, defeated Conservative Cabinet Minister Gary...

    Election Day

    Blog | Sunday, 01 May 2011
    This election has revolved around false attacks, fake anger and abuse of democracy.  The government fell on a confidence vote due to contempt.  The Prime Minister responded that he needed a majority...

    Polling, Media and Where are the Greens?

    Blog | Saturday, 23 Apr 2011
    I get a lot of people wondering about seeing Greens at 4%, or lower.  It is hard for Canadians to know that those numbers are from polling companies that sometimes don't ask voters if they plan to...

    Alberta

    Blog | Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011
    The national leader's tour brought us to Calgary this morning.  I must say I was surprised to hear that I was the first party leader to visit Calgary in this election campaign.  Doubly surprising...

    Small Business

    Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011
    Greens would cut the EI and CPP costs to employees and employers by one third, replacing those funds with charges on pollution.  We need to give small business a break. Tax cuts to corporations do...

    On corporate tax cuts

    Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011
    There goes the buzz word "job creators." Check out the empirical evidence. Corporate tax cuts do not create jobs. Canadian companies are increasingly head quartered in the US. We are just...

    Another Issue not being discussed: Deficit

    Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011
    Once again, I am not hearing the words "structural deficit." The Parliamentary Budget Officer says that the conservatives have created a structural deficit. Mr Harper, you cannot get out of the...

    More on Health

    Blog | Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011
    We do not think the health care system can be fixed by simply throwing money at it.  We need to get a handle on costs of prescription drugs. We need a Pharmacare system, built on evidence based...