Elizabeth MayThe curtailment of the Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s Centre for Off-shore Oil, Gas, and Energy Research (COOGER) is a dangerous setback for the safety and integrity of…
On May 29th, the Green Party of Canada joins in the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers to honour all peacekeepers around the world who are serving and…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today welcomed her fellow Members of Parliament back to the House of Commons for what will be an “historic and…
Judy Peterson of Sidney, BC, has experienced every mother’s worst nightmare. Her fourteen year-old daughter, Lindsey Nicholls, vanished nearly 20 years ago. She has become a tireless advocate…
The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Harper Government to reinstate funding to Environment Canada’s Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program. “The unacceptably drastic cuts to Environment…
The Harper Conservatives’ proposed changes to Employment Insurance appear to be fundamental and are not discussed in the budget. Rhetoric in the House of Commons by the Conservatives…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, warned the Harper Conservatives not to move recklessly on expanding northern offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea before more is…
Today in Question Period, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Randy Kamp, confirmed that the Experimental Lakes Area (www.saveela.org) is to be sold off to private interests. Independent…
The Green Party has a vision of a Canada that is free from discrimination, including people having the right to live their lives without discrimination for their sexual…
The Green Party of Canada commends UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter on his honest appraisal of Canada’s status with respect to the right to food. After an…
Today in the House of Commons, the Speaker selected 18 amendments from Green Party leader on C-11, the new Copyright Act. Despite attempts by NDP and Liberal MPs to…
Current Process Triggers to Environmental Assessment: Federal Money Federal Land Law List Kinds of Environmental Assessment: Screening Comprehensive Study Panel – Including Federal-Provincial Joint Panels Content of Review:…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today listed and explained the dangerous and damaging impacts that Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Bill, will have on Canadians’…
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, today gave her full support to the newly established BlackOutSpeakOut Campaign, organized by several leading environment…
Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan today released his report on Canada’s climate action and progress in cleaning up federal contaminated sites. “Dealing with climate and toxic waste sites, the…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, today filed a complaint with Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson, calling for an investigation…
The Honourable Mr Justice Barnes of the Federal Court of Canada today ruled in favour of Nova Scotia veteran Dennis Manuge and 4,500 other injured veterans involved in…
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Green Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) is doing her part to help. May will introduce a Private Member’s Bill calling for…
The Green Party applauds Senator Mac Harb for introducing a bill to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt for good, which was seconded today by Senator Larry Campbell. The…
From Election Day to the present, the Harper Conservatives’ first year of majority rule has been nothing less than “fishy,” as it has pushed through its destructive agenda.…
May 1st, May Day, is International Workers’ Day around the world. Celebrated in Quebec since 1906, Canada has a long tradition of solidarity for working people. However, under…
Despite calls to protect lighthouses as public assets and as part of Canada’s cultural heritage, the federal government is washing its hands of this responsibility. Almost a thousand…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands today stated that Stephen Harper has been blatantly inconsistent in his attitude relating to the content…
The Green Party of Canada is expressing great concern over the actions of Canadian oil company Talisman in the Achuar territory in Peru. “The Achuar are crying out…
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, spent most of her afternoon reading the 420 pages of Bill C-38, An Act…