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Elizabeth May's speech during emergency debate on climate change
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018Elizabeth May’s Statement to the House of Commons during the Emergency Debate on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- October 15, 2018 Watch on Youtube >> Mr. Speaker...
David Merner named Green Party candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2018ESQUIMALT – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is delighted to announce that lawyer David Merner is the Green Party of Canada candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke....
IPCC report must be debated in Parliament. ‘Time is not on our side,’ says Elizabeth May.
Media Release | Monday, 15 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is asking House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency parliamentary debate on the alarming findings in...
Canada must present stronger target at next climate negotiation: Greens
Media Release | Monday, 08 Oct 2018TORONTO– The release today of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the chances of reaching the 1.5 degree C Paris target – and the catastrophic risks of missing it – have...
The Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
Statement | Friday, 05 Oct 2018OTTAWA – The Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), released the following Thanksgiving message: “On Thanksgiving, friends, family and community come together...
“The clock could well be running out” Elizabeth May urges government to heed new report from Environment Commissioner
Media Release | Wednesday, 03 Oct 2018OTTAWA – The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand, tabled three reports today in Parliament – on toxic substances, protecting marine mammals and departmental...
Elizabeth May calls for emergency debate on threat to marine life in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Media Release | Monday, 01 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has asked House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency debate on new scientific research that has...
The Green Party of Canada concludes another successful convention
Media Release | Sunday, 30 Sep 2018VANCOUVER -- More than 300 Green Party of Canada members from every corner of the country gathered at the party’s national convention in Vancouver over the weekend to discuss policy, celebrate Green...
Green Party fighting to prevent expansion of foreign corporate power in CP-TPP
Media Release | Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018(OTTAWA) — Canadian sovereignty is once again being threatened by an agreement to create a major new trade zone currently moving through Parliament. Bill C-79 will allow Canada to ratify the...
Congratulations, David, Megan and Kevin! Green wave washes across New Brunswick
Media Release | Monday, 24 Sep 2018OTTAWA -- Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) extended congratulations to the New Brunswick Greens for their history-making performance in today’s provincial...