Environment: It is time we started protecting our children

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament fo Saanich—Gulf Islands: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to a question that I asked on April 19. I have to say that the information that has come in since then is even more sobering, and potentially tragic. On April 19 I asked about climate change and how incompatible ...

If we were all in on climate change, this is what it would look like

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am rising tonight at adjournment proceedings, and the hour is late. The hour is late both literally and metaphorically, because I am addressing the topic of climate change, and we are literally running out of time. I raised this question in question period on March 2. I addressed the fact ...

The top five whoppers from Kinder Morgan

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise tonight in the House to return to a question I asked on February 5 of the Prime Minister. February 5 should not seem like so long ago, but it was when conversations about Kinder Morgan were less tinged with hysteria than they are today. It ...

Efficient rail service to deliver grain saves money for shippers, farmers, and purchasers

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise tonight at adjournment proceedings to pursue a question I asked. I am really pleased to bring it up when not too much time has passed since the question was raised. It was toward the end of March this year, when we were seeing Prairie grain ...

With every degree increase in global temperature we increase the risk of catastrophic events

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chance to rise tonight at adjournment proceedings to revisit a question I asked on November 20, 2017. It was related to an event that has since passed, which was the Emmanuel Macron climate leaders summit that was held in Paris. However, let me move on to the point ...

We must modernize passenger rail service across Canada

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to pursue a question I originally asked in this place on November 8 of last year. I preface my question by talking about a quite remarkable program in my riding. A local public high school, Claremont Secondary School, raises money every year for Rails to ...

Improvements and shortcomings in the new Navigation Protection Act

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to return to a question I asked on October 23 of last year. Some will remember this question only for the uproarious laughter that ensued, most inappropriately, as some members in this place thought the Minister of Transport had misspoken. ...

Energy Agencies have no business in Environmental Assessments

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am speaking tonight in adjournment proceedings and the timing is almost impossible to believe. On October 20, I attempted to warn the Minister of Environment and the Prime Minister of how very dangerous it would be to give the offshore petroleum boards in Atlantic Canada any power or role in ...

We need a comprehensive plan to meet our Paris target

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, I rise tonight at adjournment proceedings to review a question and a response I received on October 4, 2017. It relates to the challenge of climate change. My question was for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister did rise and provide a response, but it was not entirely to the point ...

Getting the NEB out of environmental assessments

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question that I asked on September 20. It was to the Minister of Natural Resources. As congenial as it was, I did not find the answer satisfactory, because it did not actually answer my question. My question ...