Petitions – Foreign Investment

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition is primarily from residents of my own riding, from Salt Springs Island, from Mayne Island, from the Saanich Peninsula and from Victoria, calling on the government to refuse to ratify the Canada-China investment treaty as it threatens the sovereignty of Canada and the passage of laws municipally, provincially ...

Petitions – 41st General Election

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table two petitions. The first petition relates to the ongoing public demand for an inquiry into what occurred during the election, namely specific events that took place over at least one day. I am talking about calls that were made to voters to deliberately direct them to the ...

Petitions – The Environment

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents of the Vancouver area. The petitioners are calling on this Parliament to protect west coast British Columbia from the threat of supertankers bearing oil, or more accurately the pre-crude substance known as bitumen and dilbit, and to keep it a tanker-free coast. Print this page...

Petitions – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first petition is primarily from residents of the Ottawa area and deals with the subject of the CBC, our national public broadcaster. The petitioners are calling for stable, long-term and predictable funding and the independence of the CBC. The petition is particularly timely, ...

Petitions – Foreign Investment

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, my second petition today is from residents of Richmond, Comox, Vancouver and Victoria. It calls on the government to refuse to ratify the Canada–China investment treaty as it will compromise Canadian sovereignty and allow Chinese state-owned enterprises to bring arbitration cases against Canada for laws passed municipally, provincially or federally, or ...

Petitions – Lyme Disease

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today, and I wish to thank other hon. members who presented petitions today, as well, on the subject of Lyme disease and my private member’s bill, Bill C-442. This bill would call for a national Lyme disease strategy to improve the sharing of best practices, ...

Petitions – 41st General Election

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents from all over, including Toronto, Sarnia and other locations in Ontario. They are calling upon the House to launch a full investigative inquiry into the attempt to defraud voters that took place in many ridings across the country, the so-called robocall scandal, which has still ...

Petitions – The Environment

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in the House to present a petition from residents in my riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. All of the petitioners who have signed this petition live on Salt Spring Island. The petition is particularly timely as reports by the world meteorological organizations that monitor levels of ...

Petitions – The Environment

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition I am bringing forward today is from residents of the Vancouver area, as well as some from Saanich. The petitioners are calling for the government to reassess its commitment and support for the Enbridge northern gateway project, but rather to assume a neutral stance and allow the evidence ...

Petitions – Lyme Disease

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first petition is from residents of Vancouver, Alberta, as well as within my riding, in Sidney, Salt Spring Island and Victoria, in support of private member’s bill, Bill C-442. This is my bill calling for a national lyme disease strategy. I am very gratified ...