May Releases Personal MP Expenses; Challenges Others

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, has once again made her MP office and personal expense claims public, as she has done since being elected, hoping her fellow MPs will do the same. May’s travel expenses both outside and within her riding, secondary residence costs, and per diems are all itemized clearly on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greens Mark D-Day Sacrifices for Democracy

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today marks the anniversary of D-Day, the allied landings in Normandy, France, designed to establish a bridgehead on the western flank of the Axis powers. This successful military assault eventually led to the liberation of France and Western Europe. “Canadians played an enormous role in the D-Day ...

UN World Environment Day More Relevant Than Ever

The Green Party of Canada celebrates the UN’s World Environment Day (WED) today along with nations and citizens around the globe.  Founded in 1972, this annual event is designed to promote positive environmental action among governments and individuals alike.  It is now one of the main mechanisms the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) uses to expand ...