Remembrance Day

On behalf of all of us in the Green Party of Canada, members and staff, candidates and councillors, I want to extend our thanks and support for veterans of Canadian engagements in peace-keeping, war or with NATO. I have been so deeply impressed with the thoughtfulness and dedication of people in the Canadian military. Those ...

Strong Breakthrough in Canada

On May 30, 2011, I was officially sworn as the first Green Party Member of Parliament in Canada. The election on May 2, 2011 was bittersweet for Canadian Greens. After a difficult campaign in which we were kept out of the national leaders debate and received far less media than in 2008, when I had ...

Greens slam government for breaking climate laws — globally and in Canada //Les verts : le gouverneme​nt dans l’illégali​té sur le climat – au Canada et dans le monde

Greens slam government for breaking climate laws — globally and in Canada OTTAWA- Today, in response to the report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, slammed the Harper government for ignoring environmental laws. The report of the Environmental Commissioner, within ...

Greens surpass NDP in PEI vote //Les verts devancent le NPD aux élections de l’Île-du-P​rince-Édou​ard

Greens surpass NDP in PEI vote OTTAWA — The Green Party is increasingly the choice for voters in Prince Edward Island.  In Monday’s provincial election, the Greens saw gains, receiving 4.5% of the vote and surpassing the NDP at 3%.  The Green Party of Prince Edward Island’s Leader, Sharon Labchuk, received a record 12% of ...

Discovery of Arctic Ozone Hole Brings Environmen​t Canada Cuts Sharply into Focus // Le trou dans la couche d’ozone au dessus de l’Arctique attire l’attentio​n sur les compressio​ns à Environnem​ent Canada

Discovery of Arctic Ozone Hole Brings Environment Canada Cuts Sharply into Focus This past weekend, the journal Nature published a paper detailing, for the first time, the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer near the North Pole. This critical layer of our atmosphere is responsible for sheltering the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, ...

Elizabeth May: Demise of climate bill was undemocratic

Unelected members of the Senate killed legislation approved by MPs By Elizabeth May, Times Colonist | November 20, 2010 The Stephen Harper-controlled Senate delivered a brutal blow to climate action — and democracy itself — this week when it killed the Climate Change Accountability Act. The NDP private members bill, which passed the House of ...