Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada announced that Dr. David Robinson has taken on the Natural Resources portfolio on the party’s shadow cabinet. A professor of Economics and the Director of the Institute for Northern Ontario Research and Development (INORD) at Sudbury’s Laurentian University, Robinson is an accomplished academic and longtime advocate for environmentally and socially responsible resource development.More information is available online. … Read more

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) has been granted Intervenor status in the upcoming National Energy Board hearings on the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. As an Intervenor, May will provide expert input at the NEB hearings both in her capacity as an environmental lawyer and a leader of the Canadian environmental movement, … Read more

Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) joined B.C. Green Party Leader Adam Olsen in celebrating the Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation’s victory in blocking the opening of an unsustainable and environmentally destructive commercial herring fishery on the Nation’s traditional territory. The full release is available online. Call 613-614 4916.

The Green Party of Canada congratulated and thanked the key players in saving the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA): the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) as well as provincial and federal agencies. A new deal was reached shortly after the March 31 expiration of this temporary agreement, enabling the IISD to fully take over the … Read more

The Green Party of Canada said it is outraged that Green, Bloc Quebecois, and independent MPs will all be denied the right to formally examine the controversial Bill C-23, Fair Elections Act, at the committee stage. At the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on March 25, NDP deputy leader David Christopherson (Hamilton Centre, Ont.) brought … Read more

Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) is calling upon Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) to accept the Supreme Court’s decision on Marc Nadon appointment. May’s full statement is available online. Call 613-562 4916.

In advance of the deadline to respond to the U.S. State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) submitted an evidence-based response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. In the submission, May declared that turning down TransCanada’s application to build the pipeline would be a … Read more

The Green Party is not surprised with the decision released by the National Energy Board (NEB), to approve, with conditions, the Enbridge Pipelines application for the Line 9B Reversal and Line 9 Capacity Expansion Project. “The Green Party continues to oppose any and all pipelines conveying unprocessed bitumen, mixed with imported toxic diluent, to ports for export.  We do … Read more

On March 4, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) asked for unanimous consent on a motion to invite the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the House of Commons. With this motion, May’s intention is not to question the integrity of any MPs, but to simply ask that the House hold itself … Read more

The Green Party of Canada is concerned that Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act, which was debated for the first time on Monday, will actually restrict farmer’s ability to grow crops in Canada. The party said by forcing a stricter regime of intellectual property into the growing process in the form of Plant Breeders’ Rights, this … Read more