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 ...

Strange bedfellows: Canada’s power couple join forces to override privacy concerns

OTTAWA – The  Conservative and Liberal parties have joined forces to deny Canadians a fundamental human right — the right to privacy — by refusing to consider a legislative amendment that would protect people’s personal information. With NDP colleague Nathan Cullen, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May spent an evening in committee this week advocating for a ...

IPCC report must be debated in Parliament. ‘Time is not on our side,’ says Elizabeth May.

OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is asking House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency parliamentary debate on the alarming findings in the recent Special Report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). “We need to carefully weigh what the experts on the IPCC ...

Canada must present stronger target at next climate negotiation: Greens

TORONTO– The release today of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the chances of reaching the 1.5 degree C Paris target – and the catastrophic risks of missing it – have huge implications for Canada. “While Conservative politicians pursue electoral advantage by protesting even the modest steps proposed by the Trudeau Liberals, ...

“The clock could well be running out” Elizabeth May urges government to heed new report from Environment Commissioner

October 03, 2018 OTTAWA – The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand, tabled three reports today in Parliament – on toxic substances, protecting marine mammals and departmental progress in implementing sustainable development strategies. The audits reveal troubling gaps between the federal government’s objectives and their action plans on environmental protection and recovery ...

Elizabeth May calls for emergency debate on threat to marine life in Gulf of St. Lawrence

October 01, 2018 OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has asked House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency debate on new scientific research that has identified a serious threat to all marine life in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. “The report on this research provides truly shocking ...

It’s time to tell the whole truth about the NEB and the pipeline expansion

OTTAWA – “The National Energy Board’s process and report on the Trans Mountain pipeline project have been so flawed that the only sensible thing to do is to re-open the hearing process and get the facts right,” said Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands). “There is too much at stake and too much contention over the issue ...

Statement on Yom Kippur

OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, (MP, Saanich- Gulf Islands), released the following statement on the occasion of Yom Kippur: “Today’s sunset marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. “Yom Kippur is a time for reflection and prayer, for repentance and forgiveness. From the Kol Nidrei service this evening until ...