Statement – International Trade

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish all members of this House a happy Earth Day. Today is the 43rd anniversary of that celebration, but please excuse me if I do not feel like celebrating. The only motion before us today that has any environmental content is the NDP motion from its last ...

Statement – MP for Toronto Centre, Bob Rae

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am very honoured to join my colleagues in paying tribute to my colleague and friend, the member for Toronto Centre. It is a great honour for me to serve in the House with the member for Toronto Centre in his time as leader of the Liberal Party. The only thing ...

Statement – Community Activities

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, here is an S. O. 31, uncensored and unscripted. I have two big events to talk about in my riding. The first is that we all, or many of us, are wearing purple today to celebrate Purple Day to increase awareness of epilepsy and Parkinson’s. I will leave it to my colleague, ...

Statement – The Environment and the Economy

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, on January 21 in his inaugural address, United States President Barack Obama said the following: We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid ...

Holiday Wishes

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I share the sentiments of my colleague from the Bloc Québécois. I would just like to say: Happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas. Let us take the peace of this season back with us when we get here so we can treat one another with the love and respect we all deserve. God ...

Statement – Climate Change

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, we are on a collision course to global disaster with a dangerous disconnect between the political timetable and what science is warning us is a rapidly closing window to avoid runaway global warming. Scientists warn us that everything is speeding up from what they anticipated. Arctic ice is melting faster, permafrost ...

Canada-China Investment Treaty

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, here is your 60 second briefing on the Canada-China investment treaty, the most significant treaty of its kind since NAFTA. I requested a technical briefing from the Minister of International Trade on September 27. I got it one hour ago, so I can update folks. It confirms that Chinese state-owned enterprises ...

Malala Yousufzai

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for the opportunity to speak as leader of the Green Party of Canada in the tragic situation of the shooting of Malala Yousafzai. The fact that she was targeted, and we all feel this so keenly, I wish, as my friend ...

Statements by Members – Concealment of Identity Act (Bill C-309)

Blake Richards : Mr. Speaker, about one year ago, I introduced private member’s Bill C-309, the concealment of identity act, which would fill a loophole in our country’s laws and provide the police with a tool to protect public safety. However, I recently learned that the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands has taken to Twitter to ...

Anniversary Celebrations

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to rise today to celebrate two events that occurred this last weekend in my riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. The first was the celebration of the 100th birthday of our local newspaper. The Peninsula News Review has been published since 1912, when it was first called the ...