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• Alberta as Energy “Super Power” August 30, 2010
  An item in the Victoria Times Colonist caught my attention the other day --  “It’s booze, gambling that powers Alberta.”  Amazing that with all the alleged oil wealth that drives the economy, Alberta’s government actually gets more money from taxes on alcohol and on provincial government-run gambling than from royalties on fossil fuels. It used to be somethi […]
  Elizabeth May
• The Inter-generational Party August 25, 2010
  When people ask me the ways in which the Greens are different from the old line parties, I usually point out that we are consistently concerned with the long term issues  -- that we think about the seventh generation in our decision-making. Our policies and our message are inter-generational. It occurred to me the other day when I was out canvasing in neighb […]
  Elizabeth May

Create your own Green Video Contest

• Watch my speech from the Green Party convention #gpc #cndpoli http://greenparty.ca/videos 4 days ago
• Odd assignment. I painted an original for the Can Kidney Fdn "brush of hope" fundraiser. Maybe you will buy it? #nonprofit 5 days ago
• Finally! Someone in the national media has noticed threat of a deep-water oil well in the Gulf of St.Lawrence! #cndpoli http://bit.ly/bqcrxf 1 week ago
• Great to be back home in Sidney. Monday night I was on Salt Spring Island. Saturday off to #PenderFallFair. 1 week ago
• Greens overwhelmingly reject poly amourous relationships motion #TO2010 #cndpoli #GPC 2 weeks ago

• Have great long weekend. Looking forward to one last family camping trip in a beautiful #Ontario Park before school starts. 2 days ago
• @DebbyDonnelly thanks for the #ff and for all your hard work. Have a nice holiday weekend. 2 days ago
• BC's provincial coordination of farm to school local food programs provide a model for ON to expand efforts here. http://bit.ly/dkFRFG #gpo 3 days ago
• Leader's Blog - The Green Party will make Access to Healthy Local Food a Priority http://bit.ly/b6tueo #gpo #ontpoli 4 days ago
• 4 of 5 candidates at TO mayor's debate agree that the green economy is key to Toronto's (I say ON's) future prosperity.#gpo #voteTO 4 days ago

• Greens have momentum in SGI September 3, 2010
  With the possibility of a fall election, the Green Party of Canada commissioned an independent poll by British Columbia-based McAllister Opinion Research in Leader Elizabeth May’s BC riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.  On the heels of national opinion polls showing the Greens gaining ground and polling very high provincially in BC, this poll shows a tight two w […]
  Nyssa McLeod
• Green Party Supports National Chief’s Plan to Eliminate Indian Act September 2, 2010
  OTTAWA -- “The Green Party of Canada is prepared to work with First Nations citizens and their representative organizations and leaders in consultation and negotiation to build a new relationship between Canada and the Indigenous Peoples of Canada,” said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.May welcomed the remarks from Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Chief Shaw […]
  Nyssa McLeod

• Going Green September 3, 2010
  MIDLAND – Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner, left, spends some time talking to John Heaton and Pat Taylor at the picnic shelter in Little Lake Park on Aug. 29. The leader hosted a meet and greet for the public to hold discussion on various issues such as health care, building strong local 21st-century economies, as well as the idea of a partnering […]
  Bernie Beyer
• King says it’s out of options Municipality sits out legal challenge over peaker plant August 27, 2010
  King Township will not join the legal action launched by the leader of the Green Party of Ontario and residents over the province’s decision to exempt the York Energy Centre from provisions of the planning act. King council opted Monday to take a neutral stance on the legal action initiated last month. Read the original article at YorkRegion.com read more […]
  Bernie Beyer

• Going Green September 3, 2010
  MIDLAND – Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner, left, spends some time talking to John Heaton and Pat Taylor at the picnic shelter in Little Lake Park on Aug. 29. The leader hosted a meet and greet for the public to hold discussion on various issues such as health care, building strong local 21st-century economies, as well as the idea of a partnering […]
  Bernie Beyer
• King says it’s out of options Municipality sits out legal challenge over peaker plant August 27, 2010
  King Township will not join the legal action launched by the leader of the Green Party of Ontario and residents over the province’s decision to exempt the York Energy Centre from provisions of the planning act. King council opted Monday to take a neutral stance on the legal action initiated last month. Read the original article at YorkRegion.com read more […]
  Bernie Beyer