Green Party pushes for oil tanker ban

May and Carr bring banner to Ottawa Green Party leader Elizabeth May expects to renew the call for protection of BC’s coast. May and deputy leader Adriane Carr announced their intention to head to Ottawa to push for legislation in the tanker trade plying coastal waters....

Elizabeth May and the Seniors Debate in the Georgia Straight

The following letter to the editor from Elizabeth May was written in response to an article in the Georgia Straight which printed a partial and misleading response from Elizabeth to the federal NDP's proposal to phase-in a gradual increase in the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). ...

Greens urge oil-tanker ban on coast

In the News | Times Colonist Thursday November 4, 2010 | Judith Lavoie Crude oil tankers regularly ply the waters around Greater Victoria and southern Gulf Islands, but most British Columbians are unaware that the coastline is being exposed to the risk of catastrophe, Green Party of Canada leaders said yesterday....

Greens call for legal protection for BC coastline against Alberta Tar Sands tankers

Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Sidney, BC - Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May and Deputy Leader Adriane Carr to head to Ottawa soon to push for legislation to protect BC’s coast against Alberta Tar Sands tankers ploughing through marine waters by Vancouver, the Gulf Islands, Saanich, and Victoria...

Essay by Chelsea Baldwinson

The Saanich-Gulf Islands office recently received a message from Chelsea Baldwinson with a copy of an essay she wrote attached. Enjoy!...

Countdown to Climate Negotiations

Press Release For Immediate Release October 29, 2010 Green Party leader Elizabeth May Calls for Massive Public Mobilization during One Month lead-up to UN Climate Summit in Mexico Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May called today for a re-politicization of the climate movement and for a major public mobilization during the one month lead-up to the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change 16th Conference of the Parties. The meeting will be held in Cancun, Mexico, on November 29, 2010. ...