Week in Review: November 5 – 9

Week in Review: November 5 – 9 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.  In ...

Canada should reject new nuclear reactors as a climate change solution

Ottawa, November 6, 2018— Citizens groups are marching in downtown Ottawa today and petitioning Canada’s Auditor General, urging the Government of Canada to reject new subsidies for nuclear energy and instead to prioritize funding for renewables, efficiency and conservation in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In early October 2018, the International Panel on ...

Week in Review: October 29 – November 2

Week in Review: October 29 – November 2 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 ...

Elizabeth May mourns with families affected by Tree of Life synagogue killings

OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) sends her condolences to the families coping with the loss of their loved ones murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. “My heart goes out to the communities affected by this senseless and violent act of anti-semitism,” said Ms. May. “It’s truly horrifying ...

Liberals set up new debate commission with fair rules: Elizabeth May will be in the 2019 leaders’ debates

OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould of a new Commission to run leaders debates, to operate under fair criteria for inclusion in leaders’ debates during federal election campaigns. “For the first time since 1968, the leaders debate will ...

The Green Wave rolls over Vancouver: election brings fresh green look to councils, boards

OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) today congratulated the 11 successful Green Party candidates in the B.C. municipal elections at the weekend, hailing the result as further evidence of a growing groundswell of Green support from coast to coast. In the Vancouver council poll, Green Party incumbent Adriane Carr ...

Elizabeth May offers “tough love” to the Liberal’s carbon pricing plan

OTTAWA –Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) commended the carbon pricing plan outlined today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna but stressed that much more must be done. She said the Liberals have proposed the same revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend model that has ...

Elizabeth May sponsors whale and dolphin captivity bill

OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) will sponsor Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, as it moves to the House of Commons today after passing the Senate last night. The bill was originally introduced by Senator Wilfred Moore in December 2015, then sponsored by Senator Murray Sinclair ...

Submission to the Consultations on Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)

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Submission to the Consultations on Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)

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