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 ...

Salt Spring Elementary School petitions for spending on renewable energy, not pipelines

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I have a second petition. This was put together by citizens of Canada. Some people do not recognize that our petition process can accept signatures from those under 18 years of age. This petition comes from Salt Spring Elementary School. The petitioners ask the government to reconsider spending $7.4 billion on ...

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 ...

There are not enough improvements to the ability of CSIS to take kinetic action

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, I would say this to the hon. member for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke. I remember the fight we had in the 41st Parliament with respect to Bill C-51, the so-called Anti-terrorism Act, which I believe made Canada much less safe. It is hard for me to actually vote for Bill C-59 now, especially when ...

It is not for a lack of tools but for lack of inclination that agencies do not share information

Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan for striking a blow for members being recognized by the Speaker as they rise to speak. I want to suggest we had a confusion in some of the debate here tonight between the concept of oversight and review. I have the advantage, although ...

We have no idea whether and how rights were infringed under Bill C-51

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the hon. member for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis has perhaps a more nostalgic and certainly more favourable view of what took place in the 41st Parliament, but I put it to him that my experience in studying Bill C-51 convinced me that it made us much less safe. I will ...

Bill C-59 is a substantial improvement over the “secret police act” of 2015, Bill C-51

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that so many changes have been made to our anti-terrorism legislation, which are reflected in Bill C-59. I have stood in this place a number of times and complained that the government held consultations but did not listen. I am happy to say that this is not ...

Elizabeth May’s Week in Review – June 15, 2018

Week in Review: June 11 – 15 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.  Midnight ...

The shoddy monitoring and weak enforcement of pipeline safety in Canada

Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, earlier today, a major report on the safety failures of the pipeline safety system in this country was released by Équiterre. It is a very disturbing record, and it is getting worse. Fifty-five percent of the oil pipeline incidents in Quebec since 2008 occurred in 2017, most of them involving the ...