Liberals cave on climate – leaving weak Conservative targets in place

(OTTAWA) September 19, 2016 - The Green Party of Canada released the following statement following the announcement Sunday morning by Environment and Climate Change Minister, the Hon. Catherine McKenna, during an interview on CTV’s Question Period. For the first time, the Minister claimed the former Conservative government’s climate greenhouse gas emissions target – 30% below 2005 ...

Community Newsletter: Climate Change

I recently sent a newsletter to my constituents on the issue of climate change. You can read it here. You can also fill out a survey about climate change policies here. Print this page...

After a lost decade, it’s time to ratchet up our target

The context of our current challenge in the intertwined imperative for both a strong climate and energy strategy is embedded in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s record. We have lost 10 years. The losses piled up from the minute in spring of 2006 when Harper’s new Conservative minority government cancelled every element of former Liberal ...

Climate: Time to do what is necessary

I write this from the train heading back from New York to Canada.  The last time I made this trip was September 2014, coming home from the Peoples’ Climate March.  My daughter and I marched with over 400,000 people through the streets of New York, with the explicit goal of encouraging the climate talks to ...

Elizabeth May Earth Day message from the UN

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Joint Statement by Global Greens on Paris Agreement Signing Ceremony

(OTTAWA) April 22, 2016 - Green Parties around the world stand united in our commitment to addressing climate change and implementing the Paris Agreement with its undertaking to constrain global temperature increase to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. We recognize that, in order to succeed, global emissions will ...

Elizabeth May in QP: Climate Targets

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I thank the Prime Minister for his leadership in Paris and for attending the upcoming Earth Day signing at the United Nations. However, our current target does not reflect that leadership. Our current target does not meet the climate urgency and emergency situation we face. It is still the weakest target ...

First Ministers climate framework a start, but stronger targets needed

(OTTAWA) March 3, 2016 – Following today’s meeting between the Premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Green Party of Canada calls on the federal government to deliver stronger climate targets to meet its Paris Agreement commitments. “I congratulate the Premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on making progress towards a pan-Canadian framework for clean growth and climate ...

Premiers, Trudeau must deliver on climate action at First Ministers Meeting

(OTTAWA) March 2, 2016 – The clock is ticking for the Liberal government to live up to its climate action promises, said Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands). Ms. May and the Green Party of Canada are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow through on his campaign commitment ...

Climate action – the time crunch

So much carbon; so little time. It is true globally and it is true for Canada. From Canada’s early entry as a climate action leader – hosting the world’s first international scientific climate conference in 1988 – until today, most governments have played for time. Stalling tactics and procrastination, two steps forward and one step back, have ...