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May Day Protest of Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Media Release | Tuesday, 01 May 2012OTTAWA - May 1st, May Day, is International Workers’ Day around the world. Celebrated in Quebec since 1906, Canada has a long tradition of solidarity for working people. However, under the Harper...
Lighthouse Protection Deadline Approaching
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA - Despite calls to protect lighthouses as public assets and as part of Canada's cultural heritage, the federal government is washing its hands of this responsibility. Almost a thousand of...
PM Inconsistent on Use and Abuse of Budget Implementation Bills
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands today stated that Stephen Harper has been blatantly inconsistent in his attitude relating to the content...
Talisman Failing to Respect Indigenous Rights in Peru
Media Release | Monday, 30 Apr 2012OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada is expressing great concern over the actions of Canadian oil company Talisman in the Achuar territory in Peru. “The Achuar are crying out for help from Canada to...
Budget Implementation Act is Gutting of Environmental Laws in Disguise
Media Release | Friday, 27 Apr 2012OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, spent most of her afternoon reading the 420 pages of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain...
Remembering Chernobyl
Media Release | Thursday, 26 Apr 2012OTTAWA - On April 26th, the world once again pauses to remember the horrible tragedy that was Chernobyl and considers whether nuclear power is worth the risk. “Any short term energy benefits of...
May Warns of Sabotage to Women`s Rights
Media Release | Thursday, 26 Apr 2012Woodworth Motion an Effort to End Abortion Access OTTAWA – Conservative Stephen Woodworth’s motion M-312 on the legal status of abortion to be introduced in the House of Commons today for debate will...
Petition Calls for End to Security Certificates
Media Release | Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012OTTAWA – Green Party leader Elizabeth May today submitted a petition, collected by the family of terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat, opposing the use of Security Certificates. At the same time, she...
Harper Conservatives Weaken Fisheries Protection
Media Release | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012In the guise of merely clarifying the Fisheries Act, the Harper Conservatives have introduced changes with the potential to remove federal protection of ecosystems across Canada. "As the Fisheries...
Alberta Stays Progressive Conservative, Rejects Harper Conservative Option
Media Release | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012OTTAWA - In an election where climate became an issue, the party speaking to climate skeptics was trounced - a clear indication that ignoring the environment does not win votes. Candidates who made...