Week in Review: February 4 – 8

Week in Review: February 4 – 8 Welcome to Elizabeth May’s parliamentary Week in Review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth’s interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written. ...

Elizabeth’s Winter Community Meetings

Please see the schedule below to find out when Elizabeth will be visiting your community. Invite your friends to these events on Facebook! Date Time Venue Venue Address 10 January 2019 7:00-8:30 Saturna Island Community Hall 109 East Point Rd., Saturna Island 11 January 2019 6:30-8:00 Galiano Community Hall 141 Sturdies Bay Rd., Galiano Island 12 ...

Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (also known as the Free Willy Bill)

Dear Concerned Citizen, I am writing to you today to draw your attention to an important piece of legislation currently in the House of Commons, Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (also known as the Free Willy Bill). This groundbreaking bill has received support from the majority of parties in ...

Report from COP24 in Poland

When I was in my twenties, and living in a one room log cabin in Cape Breton with my parents and brother, we heated with an old stove, called a “Warm Morning.” It burned coal. Cape Breton was then a coal mining area and we lived not far from the mine in Inverness. We got ...

Natural Resources Canada has evolved into the Department of Oil and Gas

A few decades ago, the department now known as Natural Resources Canada was called Energy, Mines, and Resources. The department had robust analysis and did work on our energy sector, as well as mines, and substantial research and science and policy innovation in forestry. Under Stephen Harper, the slaying of the Canadian Forest Service was ...

Week in Review: December 3 – 7

Week in Review: December 3 – 7 Welcome to Elizabeth May’s parliamentary Week in Review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth’s interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written. This ...

Week in Review: November 26 – 30

Week in Review: November 26 – 30 Welcome to Elizabeth May’s parliamentary Week in Review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth’s interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written. As ...

Bill S-203: The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

From the Offices of: Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Fin Donnelly, Monique Pauzé and Elizabeth May   Supporting Bill S-203 – Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins   Dear colleagues, We are writing to request that you support Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins). This ...

Big Pharma versus the health of Canadians

The problem of regulators becoming captive of the regulated is not a new concept.  Kevin Taft, former Alberta Liberal leader, wrote about it in his book Oil’s Deep State. I see it all around us – in the National Energy Board approach to pipelines, in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s unwillingness to return to proper ...

Week in Review: November 5 – 9

Week in Review: November 5 – 9 Welcome to Elizabeth May’s parliamentary Week in Review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth’s interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written.  In ...