Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) announced that her party has launched a new website designed to get to the bottom of the robocalling scandal. May said Robogate.ca is another route Canadians can take to share their experiences with other concerned citizens – and, in some cases, Elections Canada. May added that it … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) has condemned the use of misleading robocalling and other dishonest tactics used to weaken Canada's electoral process and democracy. May announced that she is eager to work with other opposition parties in revealing those who made use of "voter suppression" tactics in various ridings including Saanich-Gulf Islands, … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) held a press conference in the Charles Lynch Press Theatre to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol coming into force and to set the record straight on the government’s anti-Kyoto, Axis-of-Oil agenda. The full release is available online. Call 613-614-4916.
The Green Party of Canada issued a statement regarding Conservatives threatening to make all committee meetings secret. The party said that on Feb. 14, 2012, the Standing Committee on Official Languages will vote on a motion to conduct all future committee business in camera. The party said that the motion was introduced by Conservative MP … Read more
Leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) held a media conference in Ottawa to outline her serious concerns about the federal government’s growing dependence on foreign money and influence in the oil sands and elsewhere, specially in light of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, AB) tour of China. May … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) forced standing votes on opposition amendments to Bill C-19, Ending the Long-gun Registry Act, in co-operation with Bloc Quebecois and NDP members. May said that this action is being taken to emphasize the fact that all MPs, duly elected by a majority of their constituents, have a … Read more
The Green Party of Canada has issued a statement in support of NDP MP Ryan Cleary's (St. John's South-Mount Pearl, NL) efforts to examine both the commercial seal hunt and the management of the cod fishery. Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich -Gulf Islands, BC) said that she supports Cleary's Private Member's Bill for hearings … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) said she sees the Obama administration's refusal of the Keystone XL pipeline as an opportunity to create Canadian jobs. May said Canada should pause and re-think shipping unprocessed crude to either the U.S. or China. Canada can refine that oil and use it domestically or export the … Read more
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) issued an open letter to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver (Eglington-Lawrence, ON) concerning her response to the Northern Gateway pipeline. May said that she opposes the Northern Gateway pipeline for a number of reasons, beginning with the fact that the project requires over-turning the current … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, BC) issued a statement concerning Prime Minister Stephen Harper's (Calgary Southwest, AB) appearance on a Calgary radio show on January 5, 2012, claiming the safety of offshore oil tanker traffic on the BC coast, comparing it to Newfoundland. May said that the coastal waters of Newfoundland and British … Read more
