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    Greens Congratulate Courageous Egyptians

    Statement | Saturday, 12 Feb 2011
    OTTAWA -- The Green Party of Canada congratulates all the courageous Egyptians who peacefully demanded democracy and freedom.  “Egypt has inspired us by showing that change can happen when people...

    The Saanich Office

    Blog | Wednesday, 09 Feb 2011
    Thanks to everyone for sending messages of concern and support in response to the destruction of our office in Saanich.  If you haven’t heard, a large truck lost control and plowed...

    Our Cat

    Blog | Thursday, 03 Feb 2011
    Some people think there are two kinds of people. Cat and dog people. I am tempted to say there are two kinds of people: people who think there are two kinds of people and people who know there are...

    Kennedy’s inaugural address – 50 years ago today

    Blog | Thursday, 20 Jan 2011
    I am blogging this to amplify on what may strike readers, lacking context, as an odd comment to a Globe and Mail reporter.  In today’s Globe there is a feature on the impact of JFK’s inaugural speech...

    What attack ads actually attack

    Blog | Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011
    Here we go again. The Harper Conservatives are chafing at the bit, unable to wait until the writ drops before launching the latest round of attack ads. The Conservative mantra is that they do not...

    Learning lessons from Arizona

    Blog | Thursday, 13 Jan 2011
    We have all learned a lot more about Arizona this week.  We now know that it has the least restrictive gun control in the US.  We know that there are exemptions at gun shows where even the...

    A call for Greens to take on the internet comment pages

    Blog | Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010
    The other day George Monbiot made the following observations:http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/12/13/reclaim-the-cyber-commons/"Reading comment threads on the Guardian’s sites and elsewhere on the...

    Flaherty's attack on the Parliamentary Budget Officer

    Blog | Thursday, 23 Dec 2010
    As end of year interviews go, Flaherty's "shoot the messenger" interview with the Globe is one for the books. First, this government erases Canada's surplus (and Flaherty-Harper cannot blame that on...