Transparency with Public Funds: What are an MP’s Obligations?

I had not been elected Saanich–Gulf Islands MP for long when my office had a call from CBC. The reporter wanted to know if I would be willing to post all my receipts (submitted to the government for reimbursement) on a website administered by the CBC. The background that led to the CBC transparency project ...

An Evening with David Suzuki

Elizabeth May and the members of the Saanich – Gulf Islands Green Party Electoral Riding Association invite our many hardworking supporters to: An Evening with David Suzuki Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney Saturday, November 12, 2011 Doors open at 5:30PM Truffles Catering will provide hors d’oeuvres of tasty vegetarian and vegan treats, as well ...

Mystery of the Muzzled Scientists

In reading this heading, ‘The mystery of the muzzled scientists,’ I wonder how many readers would be put in mind of the game Clue—‘Colonel Mustard in the library with a wrench’. My mind tends to run in the direction of the absurd, particularly when I am dealing with surrealistic political nonsense. Many would not call ...

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 ...