Elizabeth MayThat this House acknowledge that the Canadian economy is facing unprecedented risk and uncertainty; recognize that many regions and industries across Canada have already suffered significant job losses…
That this House acknowledge that the Canadian economy is facing unprecedented risk and uncertainty; recognize that many regions and industries across Canada have already suffered significant job losses…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is deploring both Stephen Harper’s and Thomas Mulcair’s stand on the issue of a carbon tax system for Canada. “I am saddened to…
Scientists, many of them wearing white lab coats, and concerned citizens rallied at noon today in downtown Victoria by the federal government building at Yates and Government Streets…
Publication Source: Saanich News Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Edward Hill A leading Canadian climate scientist today slammed the search for the long-lost 1845…
Leaders representing municipal, provincial and federal Green parties held a press conference in Vancouver today to denounce the plans to twin the 1,150 km Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain…
Publication Source: Georgia Straight Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Yolande Cole Representatives of federal, provincial and municipal Green parties voiced their collective opposition today (September…
Environment Minister Peter Kent signed a newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Washington today. The…
The Green Party of Canada is deploring the Harper Conservatives’ dangerously inadequate emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants. “The final version of the regulations are even weaker than…
In what has become an annual media photo-op, Stephen Harper made his seasonal trek to Canada’s North in August. The bravado of proclamations of “use it or lose…
As leader of the Green Party of Canada and as the Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, I appreciate this opportunity to place on the written record my…
Dear British Columbians, August 31st (tomorrow) is the final day to submit a letter of comment to the Joint Review Panel, offering your opinion on the Northern Gateway…
The Green Party today called on Stephen Harper to provide Canadians with the kind of leadership needed at a time of environmental crisis – instead of promoting a…
This hasn’t been a good week for Canadians who care about their environment. The oil and gas industry on the East Coast moved closer to exploiting the Gulf…
The idea of a shell game is simple enough. Three small shells or cups glide around a surface, hiding one small object. Wikipedia notes that this game is…
In all the slashing and burning of existing environmental laws, the dramatic reduction of oversight of the Canadian domestic spy agency, the loss of sovereignty in allowing US…
[UVfP0B8Qltc] Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, delivers the keynote speech to the Green Party’s 2012 National Convention,…
The Harper Conservatives’ latest move to support the building of a $200-million ethanol processing plant on Oshawa’s valuable waterfront is tainted in several ways important to Canadians. The…
The Harper Conservatives released their updated Canada’s Emissions Trends Report yesterday and, true to form, Environment Minister Peter Kent is determined to take credit for the fact that…
The Green Party of Canada is joining with many across the globe to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9. This year’s theme…
Yesterday in British Columbia, Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to sound a note of reason on the subject of the increasingly unpopular proposal to build 1,100 kilometres of…
On Friday, August 3, 2012, Environment Minister Peter Kent sent a letter to the Joint Review Panel currently studying Enbridge’s proposal to build a twinned pipeline over 1,100…
For decades, the legacy of the National Energy Program left politicians so shell-shocked and risk-averse that they were unwilling to even moot the need for a national energy…
The Green Party of Canada, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition, and two prominent scientists today called for an exploration and drilling moratorium in the Gulf of…
On Wednesday, June 13, just after Question Period and before the tabling of amendments to the Omnibus Budget Bill C-38, a rally took place outside Parliament. The online…