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Greens call for resolution in Rexton
Media Release | Friday, 18 Oct 2013The Green Party of Canada is calling for a peaceful resolution and meaningful consultations with elected representatives and traditional leadership from all First Nations in New Brunswick after a...
Laraque to step aside
Media Release | Thursday, 17 Oct 2013MONTREAL, QC - Georges Laraque announced today that he will step aside as the Green Party of Canada candidate in the Montreal riding of Bourassa and as the party’s Deputy Leader effective immediately...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Statement | Thursday, 17 Oct 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is observing the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th. “The theme of the 2013 observance is ‘"Working together towards a...
World Food Day
Statement | Wednesday, 16 Oct 2013OTTAWA -- This year’s World Food Day, on October 16th, has a theme of ‘Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”. “In Canada, we can best address food security by continuing to...
A Green Speech from the Throne
Media Release | Wednesday, 16 Oct 2013In an exercise to help Canadians envision a Greener Canada, Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, has drafted her very own version of...
Eid Mubarak
Statement | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2013The Green Party would like to recognize Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, a very important day for Muslims in the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah. It is the beginning of the annual, three-day...
Cross-Canada Townhall Road Trip
Blog | Wednesday, 09 Oct 2013Since my last article in Island Tides, I have spoken almost from coast to coast to coast: from Victoria to Halifax and Fredericton, and to our north—Whitehorse and Dawson City. As we drove by Lake...
Why we need a national Lyme disease strategy
Blog | Sunday, 06 Oct 2013I know a health policy briefing should touch on all areas of health policy. We have critical issues ahead as we work to protect universal access to top-notch health care, reduce wait-times and drug...
World Teacher's Day
Statement | Saturday, 05 Oct 2013On World Teacher’s Day, October 5th, the Green Party of Canada salutes teachers as vital to our healthy communities. “As the Canadian Teachers’ Federation points out, teachers are ‘pillars of...
Greens support call for national inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women
Media Release | Thursday, 03 Oct 2013OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is joining the thousands of Canadians and organizations across the country to support the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in their call for a national...