How can we build a pipeline and meet our climate targets?

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, the warnings of climate scientists are becoming increasingly urgent and worrying. The most recent, days ago, was that the world was watching the weakening of the Gulf Stream ocean currents, with potentially catastrophic impacts. The scientists are warning that we must reduce greenhouse gases far more rapidly than our current commitments. ...

Kinder Morgan has far more to worry about than B.C.

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, through you, I address my question to the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley. This is my first chance to take the floor in the debate tonight. With the indulgence of my friend from Skeena—Bulkley Valley, let me first say that the Minister of Natural Resources misspoke when he said that the Kinder ...

Why don’t we process bitumen within Alberta and use it domestically?

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, although the debate this afternoon is taking us a little far afield from the budget, I want to pick up on the point the member for Calgary Rocky Ridge made. I could not agree more with former premier Frank McKenna that it does not make sense to be importing crude at ...

Tsartlip First Nation has not been consulted at all

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am reminded of something I was asked to say by one of my constituents, the Honourable Pat Carney. She used to be the federal minister of energy. She asked me to please mention that there is no oceans protection plan, that there seems to be an oceans protection wish list. ...

When did it become an imperative to refine our oil in other countries instead of here?

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, this debate takes place in a kind of history-free zone. Hearing from the Conservatives, one would swear that getting bitumen to tidewater had been the campaign of generations. One member may have forgotten the timing. Kinder Morgan was not proposed until 2013. I want to ask my hon. colleague from Durham ...

Condemning Trudeau’s Kinder Morgan bailout

April 15, 2018 (OTTAWA) — Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has condemned the Trudeau administration’s latest attempt to force through the completion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline extension. Under the guise of “the national interest” the Prime Minister plans to spend Canadians’ hard-earned tax dollars to help an American multinational, violate his campaign promise ...

Six Major Areas to Amend in Bill C-69: Environmental Protections

As drafted, Bill C-69, the omnibus environmental protections bill, is unacceptable. Here are the minimum six areas that require major amendments:   1)             Underlying misconception – Harper hang-over Harper thought environmental assessment (EA) was slowing down oil sands development and pipelines. This was not the case.  In the entire history of EA, only two projects were ...

Here’s what you don’t know about Kinder Morgan

Guest Column/ Elizabeth May Policy Magazine   When Canadians used to speak of two solitudes, it meant the divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada. Increasingly, I feel that I live in a different country, only the dividing line is the Rockies, and the cultural disconnect is over the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Here is ...

ENVI Committee, March 22: Is this the minimum level of federal review as required by the Minister’s mandate letter?

Elizabeth May I want to start by thanking Darren and other Liberal members of the committee who agreed to allow me to put a question to the minister. I thank both ministers for being here. Preparing for this morning, I reviewed your mandate letters and found that the Prime Minister used identical language in the ...

Elizabeth’s response to letters regarding the Kinder Morgan protests

Hello, Thank you for writing regarding my recent arrest at the Kinder Morgan worksite. I appreciate having a chance to explain why I chose to take this controversial step in opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. I apologize for the delay in responding. It was not my intention to cause offense by my ...