Elizabeth May Tables Bill Targeting Excessive Party Discipline

Green Leader Elizabeth May held a press conference today on her new Private Member’s Bill called An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (local endorsement of candidate). “On this day, two years ago, I was elected as Saanich-Gulf Islands’ Member of Parliament. In two years, I have seen the noxious effect of party discipline ...

Press Conference on Elizabeth May’s trip to Washington DC

Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, spent several days in Washington, D.C., speaking with congressmen, senators, and legislative staff about the Keystone XL pipeline, oil spills, climate change and other issues. She held this press conference to report on her discussions. Related interviews: CTV’s Question ...

Press Conference in Support of Mohamed Harkat

Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, joined Amnesty International Canada, members of Mohamed Harket’s family, NDP MP Randall Garrison and others on International Human Rights Day to condemn the use of security certificates. Security certificates violate virtually every precept of our laws and system of ...

Elizabeth May Supports Bill C-420 – Create the Office of Commissioner for Children and Young Persons

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, today lent her support for Marc Garneau’s Private Members’ Bill C-420, An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young Persons in Canada. The purpose of his bill is to establish an independent statutory officer, ...

May calls on Prime Minister to change course at UN climate talks

Green Party leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, held a press conference today to explain the importance of the UN Climate Conference (COP18) unfolding in Doha, Qatar, until December 7 and call on the Canadian delegation to participate in good faith. “At this conference, even more than the previous 17, the carbon-reduction negotiations will have ...

Top Musicians, Water Advocates, MPs Oppose Elimination of the Navigable Waters Protection Act

Singer-songwriters Sarah Harmer and Leslie Feist joined Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, today to speak out against the Harper Conservatives’ elimination of the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA). Their voices were joined with water activists and MPs at a press conference held just before the second, 400-plus-page, omnibus budget-implementation bill, C-45, returns ...

Press Conference with leadnow.ca on the Canada-China Investment Treaty

Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, participated in a press conference with Matthew Carroll of leadnow.ca and Emma Pullman of sumofus.org.  These two organizations collected over 62,000 electronic signatures in support of having a full and proper debate on FIPA in the House of Commons. ...

Red Carpet for China

Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, held a press conference this morning to warn the Canadian public about the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) made public yesterday by Harper’s Conservatives. “What we have heard so far about this agreement always concerned Canadian companies’ new rights in China. ...

Press Conference: Impacts of Budget 2012 on Local Communities

Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, held a press conference on Tuesday, September 18th, to discuss the impacts budget 2012 is having on local communities. She reviewed the Harper Government’s decisions and announcements since the end of last parliamentary session, looked ahead to the Harper ...

May Tables Private Members Bill on Lyme Disease

In response to the growing threat of Lyme Disease in Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today introduced a Private Members Bill to create a National Lyme Disease Strategy.  The bill calls for a national conference of public health officials, researchers, and patient advocates to be convened as a first step in ...