Elizabeth May stands against oil exploration on Sable Island National Park Reserve

Despite attempts to expedite the passage of Bill S-15 before summer recess, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has blocked a motion for unanimous consent that would have bypassed the normal legislative process and allowed for oil and gas development in the newly created Sable Island National Park Reserve. “During negotiations and in ...

Personal Expenses for Elizabeth May as Member of Parliament, 2012/13

When Members are in travel status (meaning outside their riding), they may charge their travel-related accommodation, meal and incidental expenses to the Travel Status Expenses Account subject to certain conditions as determined by the Board of Internal Economy. Only Members’ expenses may be charged to this account. The Board of Internal Economy has set a ...

Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada leader-activist-lawyer-pillar of strength

Publication Source: Kickass Canadians Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Amanda Sage A little while back, I got the following email from Ottawa-South Green Party of Ontario member James Mihaychuk: “You need to get Elizabeth May on your site. Elizabeth has been an activist, environmental lawyer, federal policy advisor, head of the ...

Greens Warn about Surveillance Threat to Democracy

Canadians have a right to know how much clandestine surveillance is being carried out on the Canadian public, said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands. “We first heard about the prevalence of spying on private citizens last week in the US, but it is obvious that both countries share communication infrastructure and have ...

Conservatives reject investigation into MPs’ possible use of taxpayer-funded travel for by-election campaigning

After Question Period on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, rose in the House of Commons and moved the following: “Mr. Speaker, following on yesterday’s wonderful display of solidarity on behalf of Canadian taxpayers in adopting the motion of the Opposition House Leader, if you seek it, I believe ...

Independent Report: Canadian Passenger Rail Coming Off Track

Independent MP Bruce Hyer and Green Party Leader and MP Elizabeth May are calling for immediate government action to reverse the decline of passenger rail across Canada in the wake of Hyer’s Independent Members’ Report chronicling the decline of basic service in Canada. The report, A Wedding Band of Confederation: Restoring Rail Passenger Service to ...

Greens condemn Minister Flaherty’s uneconomic airport surprise

On Tuesday, June 12, 2013, at an announcement to discuss the creation of the Rouge National Urban Park from which the public was banned, Federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty caught local people, the province of Ontario, and the aviation industry all by surprise when he announced plans for an airport in Pickering. “The Conservatives ...

Bill S-15 Would Allow Oil and Gas Activities inside Sable Island National Park Reserve

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today expressed her opposition to Bill S-15, designed to convert Sable Island into a national park. “Quite simply, this Bill will allow oil and gas exploration inside a National Park and drilling, including fracking, underneath Sable Island itself, said May. “I’m disappointed that this has already passed ...

Time to Put the Pieces of the Puzzle in Place

If all the key pieces of Canada’s energy future – the climate crisis, a prosperous economy, labour issues, east-west connectivity, energy efficiency, technological innovation, federal-provincial relations – were jigsaw pieces on our collective family table, it would be worthwhile to find the picture on the box the pieces came in. The cover of the box, ...

10 Reasons Why Harper Isn’t Really Canadian

In a Global interview with Laura Stone, I am quoted as saying that Stephen Harper is “not Canadian.” Having lunch with a reporter on virtually no sleep is a high risk proposition, but I didn’t say anything I didn’t mean. I did make it clear that I was not saying Mr. Harper is “not Canadian.” ...