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Green Party extends holiday greetings for Hindu festival of Diwali
Media Release | Sunday, 03 Nov 2013On the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, The Green Party of Canada today recognizes the many contributions of Canada’s Hindu and Jain communities to our country’s vibrant cultural...
Green Party to Minister of Environment: Heed federal panel’s warnings on controversial BC gold-copper mine
Media Release | Friday, 01 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Following Thursday’s release of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s Report of the Federal Review Panel: New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project, the Green Party of Canada is...
Green Party calls on Foreign Affairs Minister to push for release of Canadian Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia
Media Release | Friday, 01 Nov 2013OTTAWA: Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich – Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada has called on Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird to push for the release of two Canadian citizens...
The beginning of the end of Harper’s iron rule
Blog | Thursday, 31 Oct 2013Okay, maybe this is not really the beginning of the end. I think the beginning of the end may have been last spring when some of the Conservative back-benchers had the temerity to complain publicly...
BC salmon facing bleak future on first anniversary of Cohen Commission Report
Media Release | Thursday, 31 Oct 2013Today marks one year since the release of the final report of the Cohen Commission into the alarming decline of Fraser River Sockeye populations, and despite the report’s strong recommendations, the...
Curtain falls on rights of individual Members of Parliament
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013Multiple Parliamentary Committees have now passed the Conservative motion to shut down the rights of individual Members of Parliament. For Members falling outside of the Conservative, NDP, or Liberal...
Members of Parliament stand up for their rights
Media Release | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013OTTAWA – Members of Parliament of all political stripes are standing together to defend their rights. Green Party MP and Leader Elizabeth May, and Independent Members of Parliament Bruce Hyer, Brent...
Omar: An Abuse of Human Rights and International Law
Media Release | Monday, 28 Oct 2013Last Friday, Omar Khadr, a former child soldier, was denied a request to be moved to a provincial prison to serve out the remainder of his highly questionable sentence. “It is sadly evident that even...
Backgrounder - Omar Khadr
Backgrounder | Monday, 28 Oct 2013At his trial last week, there were a number of events that could have been taken into account: Omar is blind in one eye due to shrapnel from the Delta Force bombing of the compound where Omar was...
Canada falls dangerously short on emissions targets
Media Release | Friday, 25 Oct 2013Environment Canada’s latest report on emissions trends clearly shows that Canada is far behind schedule on its international commitments to meet emission targets. In signing the Copenhagen Accord in...