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Green Party Statement on Rosh Hashanah
Statement | Sunday, 13 Sep 2015(OTTAWA)-Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (Saanich – Gulf Islands), issued the following statement on Rosh Hashanah: “The Green Party joins Jewish families around the world to...
Campaign Blog - Day 41
Blog | Sunday, 13 Sep 2015Today I celebrated with the biggest pride parade in Saanich-Gulf Islands, and the third biggest in British Columbia. On tiny Salt Spring Island, population 10,000, we have an annual Pride Parade...
Green Party Announces LGBTQ+ Strategy
Media Release | Saturday, 12 Sep 2015(OTTAWA) – Today Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (Saanich–Gulf Islands), unveils her LGBTQ + Strategy at Salt Spring Pride. “I am proud that the Green Party was the first federal...
Campaign Blog - Day 40
Blog | Saturday, 12 Sep 2015The experience of the Mansbridge One on One is always fun for me. Maybe I am too relaxed about these things. I enjoy Peter Mansbridge and his conversational interview style. In hindsight I wish he'd...
Elizabeth May speaks with Peter Mansbridge tonight in the federal leaders interview series
Media Advisory | Friday, 11 Sep 2015(OTTAWA) –Peter Mansbridge speaks with Elizabeth May tonight, in a one-on-one interview on a wide range of issues important to Canadians, including the Green Party’s 2015 platform.Watch the full...
Campaign Blog - Day 39
Blog | Friday, 11 Sep 2015I flew to Toronto straight from our platform launch in Vancouver and spent all day today racing from one media interview to another. We had such a positive reaction to releasing a real plan with a...
Campaign Blog - Day 37 and 38
Blog | Thursday, 10 Sep 2015Intensity of campaigning the last 24 hours cut out my time to write even a brief blog. We left Saanich-Gulf Islands early yesterday for the 7:30 AM ferry to Mill Bay and the drive up island for a...
Elizabeth May responds to Mulcair’s refusal to participate in national televised debates
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Sep 2015“Mr. Mulcair claims that the Canadian public is ‘best served through a variety of debates,’ yet he refuses to participate…” (OTTAWA) – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (Saanich –...
KPMG Scandal: Greens Would Close Tax Haven Loopholes
Media Release | Thursday, 10 Sep 2015(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada condemns KPMG’s offshore sham that allowed a Victoria, B.C., family to pay almost no taxes for the past eight years. “Tax havens and tax credits used by the...
Greens Unveil 2015 Platform For a Canada That Works. Together.
Media Release | Wednesday, 09 Sep 2015(OTTAWA) - The Green Party of Canada is first out of the gate this election in launching its platform. Green Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich - Gulf Islands) today unveiled the Green Party’s fully...