Statement by Elizabeth May on the Passing of the Honourable Mauril Bélanger

On behalf of the Green Party, I want to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Mauril Bélanger. Mauril was a dedicated parliamentarian and a dear friend. He was incredibly brave in the face of his terminal diagnosis. It was an honour to stand in the House earlier this year as he presided as ...

Statement on Kinder Morgan

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Statement: Komagata Maru

Monsieur le Président, je remercie tous mes collègues de cette occasion d’ajouter quelques mots. This has been a profoundly moving moment in the House, particularly because we are so honoured to have so many people here in the galleries whose families and whose lives have been directly touched. Although this was 102 years ago, it ...

Tribute to House of Commons Clerk Emerita Audrey O’Brien

Mr. Speaker, it is such an honour to stand and salute our clerk emerita, Audrey O’Brien. I am without words to express my gratitude as a newly-elected MP coming to this place and embracing my new bible, a big green book, which I took home and read immediately. I am not kidding. Audrey O’Brien knows ...

Statement on the Passing of Jim Hillyer

Mr. Speaker, I thank all of my colleagues here today. I particularly express condolences to all of my friends in the Conservative caucus. I was deeply affected by the words of the leader of the official opposition as we adjust to the enormous shock of losing a friend and colleague. I regarded Jim Hillyer as ...

Statement: Seismic Testing in Clyde River

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw the attention of the House to the plight of the very courageous residents, the Inuit peoples, of the village of Clyde River, who have gone to court to stop an approved project, the seismic blasting of their region for a five-year period, five months a year, ...

Elizabeth May Remembers Maurice Strong

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, later this afternoon there will be a celebration of life, just across the street from here, remembering and celebrating the extraordinary litany of accomplishments of Maurice Strong. Maurice was born in 1929 in the little town of Oak Lake, Manitoba, and grew up in the Prairies through the dirty thirties. I ...

Tribute to Chic Goodman

Mr. Speaker, it is an enormous honour to rise today in my place to pay tribute to a veteran, a war hero and a truly lovely human being. Major (Retired) Charles Goodman, CD, is a constituent of mine and has an extraordinary and distinguished war record. He was part of the Normandy invasion on D-Day. ...

Elizabeth May statement on Canada’s climate commitments

Mr. Speaker, today, March 31, is the deadline for those nations that are ready to do so to table climate commitments with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in advance of COP 21. Yesterday in question period the minister confirmed that Canada was not ready and would miss this deadline. The excuse that was ...

Statement: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and I am wearing the gold ribbon to be part of the Gold Ribbon Campaign. We do not often think about it, but cancer is the number one cause of death by disease among Canadian children, killing more of our children than all other diseases ...