House of Commons Emergency Debate on Climate Change

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC: Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand here today and I acknowledge we are on the traditional territory of the Algonquin peoples. To them I say meegwetch. I am very honoured to be part of an emergency debate tonight on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...

Elizabeth May on Bill C-81

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands: Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this place to speak to Bill C-81. I think this bill is a good first step, but we should do more to make Canada a truly barrier-free nation. The bill is a good first step. I do not ...

Intervention on Bill C71: How are we protecting Canadians from domestic gun violence?

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands: Mr. Speaker, I support Bill C-71. I am particularly grateful to have this chance on this debate. I attempted to gain the floor a few times before today. I did want to draw attention to one amendment I am particularly pleased to note was achieved through collaboration, ...

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands Mr. Speaker, I support Bill C-71. I am particularly grateful to have this chance on this debate. I attempted to gain the floor a few times before today. I did want to draw attention to one amendment I am particularly pleased to note was achieved through collaboration, ...

Bill C-71 was never intended to take on gangs, that is another issue

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed, because I found the member for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner so reasonable in his approach when we were at committee working on clause by clause. However, I find the ramped-up partisan rhetoric on this bill to be really dispiriting. This bill was never intended to take on gangs. Gang violence ...

We must protect the provinces’ right to conduct appropriate environmental assessments

Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member from Repentigny on her private member’s bill. I fully support the bill’s objective. As my colleague mentioned, it is unacceptable that the government is ignoring the will of British Columbians in the matter of the Kinder Morgan pipeline. With Bill C-69, there will be no ...

It is inappropriate to stir up partisan vitriol on an issue as important as making vulnerable Canadians safer

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I find it lamentable that the last speaker has politicized this by saying the Liberals want to bother legal gun owners at every possible opportunity. On an issue as important as ensuring, for instance, that lifetime background checks are conducted, a lot of legal gun owners in my riding absolutely agree ...

I had the great honour of participating in the crafting of an amendment to Bill C-71

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to assure the parliamentary secretary so quickly after his speech that indeed I plan to vote for Bill C-71. The Green Party is very supportive. In fact, I had the great honour of participating in the crafting of an amendment to the bill, working with the hon. member ...

Derelict vessels present real risks to life and limb

Kelly Block Mr. Speaker, like the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith, we live with the fairly constant problem of derelict vessels along our coastline. They are a hazard. They are an eyesore. They present real risks to life and limb. I understand the member for Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek thinks that we can always find the owners of ...

Experts have said that Bill C-51 under the previous government made us less safe

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, to the last point made by my hon. friend from Durham, that Bill C-51 in the 41st Parliament, the Anti-terrorism Act, was there to make us safe, again, the expert evidence we heard, even before that bill passed, was that Bill C-51 under the previous government made us less safe. For ...