Elizabeth May ensures Elena Musikhina’s safety in Canada

Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands), was thanked by Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, for her role in saving the lives of Elena Musikhina and her family. The Green Party of Canada was relieved to learn that Russian scientist, Elena Musikhina, and her family were granted a 2 year ...

The CRA needs to shift its Sheriff of Nottingham approach to tax-collection and have the rich pay their fair share.

Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands), applauds the diligent work undertaken by the Office of the Auditor General in their 2018 Fall report to Parliament. Their findings, however, reveal numerous gaps that successive governments have been neglecting to mend. “The report on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is particularly troubling,” says Ms. ...

Security threat of climate emergency ignored by Finance Minister.

Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) commented on Minister Morneau’s fall economic update. “There’s an utter lack of understanding and virtual silence on the climate emergency we face,” said Ms. May. “Nothing in the report responds to or even mentions the recent warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.” “Minister ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...