Blue tide will make life in Parliament tougher, but not impossible: May
Newly elected Green MP Elizabeth May says Stephen Harper’s newfound Conservative majority will make life in Parliament more difficult, but not impossible, as she becomes the sole representative from...
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Elizabeth May says she won’t speed passage of Tory mega-trial legislation
It didn’t take long for the first and only Green party member elected to Parliament to make her presence felt. Green party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that she plans to block the Harper...
View ArticleGreen party’s Elizabeth May wants cuts to climate science reversed
Green party Leader Elizabeth May says the Harper government is gutting its ability to deal with climate change by laying off key researchers at Environment Canada. May says she has received emails...
View ArticleGreen Party’s May throwing all she has at Conservative omnibus budget bill
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May didn’t see the Conservatives’ 2012 omnibus budget bill it coming. One year ago, she used her first question in the House of Commons to ask the government if it was...
View ArticleHouse of Commons Speaker allows budget bill amendments
The Speaker of the House of Commons is giving the green light to more than 800 of the opposition’s proposed amendments to the government’s so-called omnibus bill. But Speaker Andrew Scheer says he...
View ArticleMPs finally end 24-hour voting marathon on Conservative budget bill
Members of Parliament completed a marathon voting session Thursday night on the Conservative government’s budget bill, voting on hundreds of amendments in an exercise that lasted nearly 24 hours. The...
View ArticleElizabeth May awarded Parliamentarian of the Year
The 6th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards was held Wednesday evening at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. The event honoured Canada’s top Members of Parliament as voted by their peers in...
View ArticleHarper rejects Green claims of Environment, Natural Resources merger
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dismissing claims by the Green party that the government plans to fold Environment Canada into the Natural Resources Department. Harper calls the claim...
View ArticleProminent Canadians back petition to rename Victoria Day to honour aboriginals
A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. Author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader...
View ArticleFeds spend $120M to ‘grease’ Enbridge Northern Gateway bid: Greens
Federal Green party Leader Elizabeth May says Ottawa is using Canadian taxpayers money to subsidize oil pipeline environmental studies that should have been fully explored by Enbridge, the...
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Elizabeth May says she won’t speed passage of Tory mega-trial legislation
It didn’t take long for the first and only Green party member elected to Parliament to make her presence felt. Green party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that she plans to block the Harper...
View ArticleGreen party’s Elizabeth May wants cuts to climate science reversed
Green party Leader Elizabeth May says the Harper government is gutting its ability to deal with climate change by laying off key researchers at Environment Canada. May says she has received emails...
View ArticleGreen Party’s May throwing all she has at Conservative omnibus budget bill
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May didn’t see the Conservatives’ 2012 omnibus budget bill it coming. One year ago, she used her first question in the House of Commons to ask the government if it was...
View ArticleHouse of Commons Speaker allows budget bill amendments
The Speaker of the House of Commons is giving the green light to more than 800 of the opposition’s proposed amendments to the government’s so-called omnibus bill. But Speaker Andrew Scheer says he...
View ArticleMPs finally end 24-hour voting marathon on Conservative budget bill
Members of Parliament completed a marathon voting session Thursday night on the Conservative government’s budget bill, voting on hundreds of amendments in an exercise that lasted nearly 24 hours. The...
View ArticleElizabeth May awarded Parliamentarian of the Year
The 6th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards was held Wednesday evening at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. The event honoured Canada’s top Members of Parliament as voted by their peers in...
View ArticleHarper rejects Green claims of Environment, Natural Resources merger
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dismissing claims by the Green party that the government plans to fold Environment Canada into the Natural Resources Department. Harper calls the claim...
View ArticleProminent Canadians back petition to rename Victoria Day to honour aboriginals
A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. Author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader...
View ArticleFeds spend $120M to ‘grease’ Enbridge Northern Gateway bid: Greens
Federal Green party Leader Elizabeth May says Ottawa is using Canadian taxpayers money to subsidize oil pipeline environmental studies that should have been fully explored by Enbridge, the...
View ArticleGreen Party Leader Elizabeth May accused of bullying
The Green party is defending leader Elizabeth May amid allegations of bullying from former employees, arguing that she wouldn’t be criticized for similar behaviour if she were a man. The allegations,...
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