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More Cuts to Capacity to Handle Oil Spills on BC Coast
Thursday, 31 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- The curtailment of the Department of Fisheries and Ocean's Centre for Off-shore Oil, Gas, and Energy Research (COOGER) is a dangerous setback for the safety and integrity of the coastline...
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Minister’s Neglect Will Cost Veteran His Homestead
Wednesday, 30 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- A New Brunswick veteran will lose his house and property this Friday because of Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Steven Blaney refusal to discuss the matter. A year ago, Cpl Fabien Melanson...
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Greens mark International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Tuesday, 29 May 2012 - OTTAWA -- On May 29th, the Green Party of Canada joins in the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers to honour all peacekeepers around the world who are serving and remember those who have...
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May Urges Opposition/Public to Stop Bill C-38
Monday, 28 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today welcomed her fellow Members of Parliament back to the House of Commons for what will be an “historic and crucial” few weeks...
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Think of Lindsey on May 25: Missing Children's Day
Friday, 25 May 2012 - SIDNEY -- Judy Peterson of Sidney, BC, has experienced every mother's worst nightmare. Her fourteen year-old daughter, Lindsey Nicholls, vanished nearly 20 years ago. She has become a tireless...
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Impact of Invasive Species Deserves Funding
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Harper Government to reinstate funding to Environment Canada’s Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program. “The unacceptably drastic cuts to Environment...
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Assault on Seasonal Industries in C-38
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - SIDNEY -- The Harper Conservatives’ proposed changes to Employment Insurance appear to be fundamental and are not discussed in the budget. Rhetoric in the House of Commons by the Conservatives seems...
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Provincial and Federal Greens Condemn the Denial of Democracy
Friday, 18 May 2012 - MONTREAL – The Green Party of Quebec and the Green Party of Canada stood united today to condemn the Charest government's high-handed approach chosen to resolve the student crisis through the...
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Greens Horrified by Harper Conservatives’ Plan to Privatize Globally Respected Research Area
Friday, 18 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Today in Question Period, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Randy Kamp, confirmed that the Experimental Lakes Area (www.saveela.org) is to be sold off to private...
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May Warns of Irreparable Environmental Damage in Our North: Oil and Gas Development Must Not Be Rushed
Friday, 18 May 2012 - OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, warned the Harper Conservatives not to move recklessly on expanding northern offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea before more is...
