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 ...

Elizabeth May’s Summertime Update

A Summertime Update Winter, spring, summer, fall – MPs are busy through them all! Elizabeth May is delighted to be home in Sidney until the House resumes on September 17. She will be attending community events across Saanich-Gulf Islands, meeting with constitutents and stakeholders on key federal issues, and walking her dog Xo along Beacon ...

Official Report: MPs’ visit to Palestine and Israel (March 30 – April 06, 2018)

In spring 2018, Elizabeth and seventeen other MPs representing all five political parties with seats in the House embarked on a Parliamentary study of Israel and areas of the West Bank, at the invitation of the Palestinian Authority. This was Elizabeth’s first overseas trip, other than for climate negotiations, as MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands. Next ...

Elizabeth May’s Week in Review – June 22, 2018

Week in Review: June 18 – 22 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 ...

Kennedy Stewart’s last petition: Stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline

Kennedy Stewart – Member for Burnaby South Mr. Speaker, this is my last week in the House of Commons, and this will be my last petition that I present on stopping the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Citizens of Burnaby have signed this petition, immediately calling on the government to prevent this new pipeline from proceeding through ...

Press Conference: Media Q & A period

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Elizabeth’s end of session review of the House of Commons

You can also read a summary of Elizabeth’s reflections on the 2017-2018 parliamentary session by clicking here. Print this page...

Salt Spring Elementary School petitions to protect the southern resident killer whales

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honour to rise today to present to the House a petition that was developed by the students at Salt Spring Elementary School. They worked very hard to present a petition to the House calling for urgent action to protect the southern resident killer whales of the Salish ...

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 ...