Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Island, B.C.) held a press conference to focus on the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement made public by the government. May said that what has been heard so far about this agreement always concerned Canadian companies’ new rights in China. May added that what needs … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will vote against a Conservative MP’s motion, M-312, on Sept. 26, in the House of Commons, which, May said if adopted, would re-open the abortion debate in Canada. May said the opposes any possible move by the government to diminish the right of a woman to a … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) issued a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Peace. May said that the theme chosen this year by the United Nations for the International Day of Peace is ‘Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future.' May said many conflicts in the world are intimately related … Read more
Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) challenged both Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) and NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s (Outremont, Que.) stand on the issue of a carbon tax system. May said that Conservative and NDP leaders are accusing each other of supporting a carbon tax instead of trying to do … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) applauded the Government of Canada’s decision to stop blocking the international community’s efforts to add chrysotile asbestos to the Rotterdam Convention. May said the Green Party of Canada has always been at the forefront of the battle to ban asbestos. The full release is available online. Call … Read more
The Green Party joins all Canadians in mourning the passing of former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, who died at age 84. Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) said Lougheed was a visionary and a gentleman. The full press release is available online. Call 613-562-4916 x 222.
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) and other municipal, provincial and federal Green party representatives, held a press conference in Vancouver, B.C., to denounce the plans to twin the 1,150 km Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C. The full release is available online. Call 613-562-4916 x 222.
The Green Party of Canada said the government is deploring dangerously inadequate emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands B.C.) said the final version of the regulations are even weaker than previous drafts, and will not do anywhere near enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. May added that with … Read more
The Green Party said an unwanted naval base in a UNESCO-designated preserve is proceeding in spite of local resistance, increased military tension in the region and a looming ecological disaster. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) said Canadians are urged to join the global community in its resistance to this irrational decision by … Read more
Sixty-five -year-old Green Party candidate from Alberta Peter Johnston completed 3,400 km ‘Pedaling For Peace’ bicycle ride from Edmonton to Ottawa to promote initiatives for peace and raise funds for HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa through his favourite charity, One Child’s Village: A Global Orphans Foundation. More information is available online. Call 780-433-3342.
