Loss of Wheat Board will kill Family Grain Farms // COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La fin de la Commission du blé annonce la fin des fermes céréalières familiales

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October  19, 2011     Loss of Wheat Board will kill Family Grain Farms   The Conservative Bill C-18 to kill the Canadian Wheat Board is the death of the family grain farm, says the Green Party of Canada.  “This bill will result in greater consolidation of prairie grain farms ...

PRESS RELEASE: “Riding boundaries redrawn to benefit Conservative party?” May ask

In Question Period today, Member of Parliament for Saanich Gulf Islands and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May asked Tim Uppal, Minister of State for Democratic Reform, how new riding boundaries would be determined, including her riding in British Columbia.  May said the question was spurred by a Conservative Riding Association newsletter being handed out in ...

PRESS RELEASE: Fisheries Resource Conservation Council Disbanded // COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Le Conseil pour la conservation des ressources halieutiques : c’est fini

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October  18, 2011 Fisheries Resource Conservation Council Disbanded The Green Party of Canada decries the recent decision of the Government of Canada to cut all funding to the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. The Council was created in 1993 with the mandate of providing recommendations on conservation strategies for the Atlantic ...

MEDIA RELEASE: Greens urge Kent to reverse kill-order COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE : Les verts exhortent Kent à annuler la condamnation à mort du RCE

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release October 14, 2011 Greens urge Kent to reverse kill-order The government today refused continued financial support for the Canadian Environmental Network (CEN). “I am deeply shocked that the government failed to understand the logic behind government support for the CEN. For 34 years, every government, including previous Conservatives (admittedly Progressive ...

PRESS RELEASE: National All Bufflehead’s Day // COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE : La journée nationale du petit garrot

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October 14, 2011 National All Bufflehead’s Day OTTAWA – On October 15th, the Bufflehead’s return, to great celebration in Sidney and Victoria, B.C.  The Bufflehead is the world’s smallest diving duck and one of the most strikingly handsome waterfowl.  It consistently arrives on its coastal wintering grounds very closely around the ...

Press Release: May, MP for Saanich Gulf Islands commends Environment Minister for Park progress // COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE : May, députée de Saanich-Gulf Islands, félicite le ministre de l’Environnement pour ses efforts dans le dossier des parcs nationa

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October 13, 2011 May, MP for Saanich Gulf Islands commends Environment Minister for Park progress OTTAWA — Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is pleased to welcome a Parks Canada initiative moving forward with a feasibility study regarding a National ...