Green Party of Canada

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• Greens set sights on New Brunswick legislature CBC - Mon Nov 17, 1:14 PM

  The colour palette of New Brunswick's political landscape just added a tinge of green to its red, blue and orange.

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  Green Party 'clearly unprepared' for federal campaign: Elizabeth May The Canadian Press - Mon Nov 10, 3:20 PM

  HALIFAX, N.S. - The Green party was "clearly unprepared" for the recent federal election, leaving leader Elizabeth May feeling like she was "flying by the seat of my pants," says a confidential post-mortem prepared by May.

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  Greens, greens, they're good for your heart: study AFP - Mon Oct 20, 10:55 PM

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Diets worldwide that are rich in fried and salty foods increase heart attack risk, while eating lots of fruit, leafy greens and other vegetables reduces that risk, a groundbreaking study showed.

• Yukon Conservatives blame 2nd place finish on Greens CBC - Wed Oct 15, 6:35 PM

  Yukon Tories are blaming the Greens for their election loss to Liberal incumbent MP Larry Bagnell, who rode to his fourth victory for the territory's lone federal seat Tuesday.

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  May says she'll run in byelection for Greens The Canadian Press - Wed Oct 15, 6:21 PM

  NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Fresh off a decisive election defeat, an undaunted Elizabeth May promised Wednesday to run again for the Greens in the first available byelection and turned aside suggestions she might defect to the Liberals.

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  Green Party leader defeated in Canada's election AFP - Wed Oct 15, 12:02 PM

  OTTAWA (AFP) - Green Party leader Elizabeth May failed in her bid to unseat Conservative Defense Minister Peter MacKay in Canadian elections Tuesday, dashing her party's best hope of getting its first MP into the House.

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  No seat breakthrough for Greens as May goes down to defeat in N.S. The Canadian Press - Wed Oct 15, 12:14 AM

  NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Elizabeth May's brash effort to dislodge a Nova Scotia Conservative dynasty and get the first Green elected to the House of Commons ended in disappointment Tuesday.

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  Greens don't support strategic voting: Ottawa candidate CBC - Mon Oct 13, 2:55 PM

  Elizabeth May misspoke when she said supporters should throw their weight behind the Liberals in certain ridings, a Green party candidate in Ottawa says.

• Green party says leader not calling for strategic voting CBC - Sun Oct 12, 10:09 PM

  The Green party issued a statement Sunday denying that party leader Elizabeth May is calling on supporters to vote Liberal or NDP in tight races to prevent a Conservative majority.

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  Elizabeth May concedes she's muddying the waters on strategic voting The Canadian Press - Sun Oct 12, 9:02 PM

  HALIFAX - Green party voters should consider voting either NDP or Liberal in tight races to avoid a Conservative victory, says Green Leader Elizabeth May.

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  Dion urges Greens to go red, May muddies waters The Canadian Press - Sun Oct 12, 8:05 PM

  OTTAWA - Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion are painting Tuesday's federal vote as a polarized contest between Conservative and Liberal titans as they each seek to shake loose votes from smaller parties.

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  Dion urges Greens to go red The Canadian Press - Sun Oct 12, 2:10 PM

  OTTAWA - Support for the Green party appears to be ebbing away as Stephane Dion intensifies his eleventh-hour pitch for all "progressive" voters to rally behind the Liberals to stop Stephen Harper's Conservatives.

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  Tories, Greens complain over 'Shun Lunn' campaign The Canadian Press - Fri Oct 10, 6:24 PM

  VICTORIA - Politics can indeed make for strange bedfellows.

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  Conservatives, Greens both file complaints over 'Shun Lunn' campaign in B.C. The Canadian Press - Fri Oct 10, 3:31 PM

  VICTORIA - The Conservative and Green parties have each filed official letters of complaint to Elections Canada about a "shun Lunn" campaign aimed at upending Tory cabinet minister Gary Lunn in his B.C. riding.

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  Greens, Libs not in cahoots, leaders say The Canadian Press - Fri Oct 10, 10:48 AM

  OTTAWA - The leaders of the Green and Liberal parties are denying they're in cahoots after two Green candidates in Quebec said they'd back the Liberals in Tuesday's federal election.

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  Greens' anti-sealing stance doesn't apply to Inuit: Ittinuar CBC - Fri Oct 10, 4:27 AM

  The Green Party's candidate in Nunavut says his party's position against Canada's sealing industry does not include Inuit sealers, adding that his party would create a certification program for Inuit-harvested seal products.

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  Quebec Green Party candidate supports Liberals The Canadian Press - Thu Oct 9, 8:00 PM

  LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Quebec candidate for the Green Party withdrew Thursday from the campaign for next Tuesday's election and threw her support to the Liberals.

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  Strategic vote targets Tories but will hurt Greens: candidate The Canadian Press - Wed Oct 8, 6:51 PM

  OTTAWA - Strategic voting advocates, who initially aimed to derail a Harper majority, now hope to line up a knockout punch as polls suggest the Conservative lead continues to erode.

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  Green party leader stops in Charlottetown CBC - Sat Oct 4, 8:45 PM

  Green party Leader Elizabeth May honoured a commitment to speak to a student group at UPEI Friday, and attended a rally at Province House before moving on to Nova Scotia.