Week in Review: April 29 – May 3
Welcome back to Elizabeth May’s parliamentary Week in Review! This weekly e-newsletter recaps her work in Parliament when the House is in session. Using the links below, you can watch videos of Elizabeth’s interventions in the House, keep up with her media releases, and read articles she has written.
This week, a newlywed Elizabeth urged her colleagues in the House to behave more like Prince Edward Islanders. She also addressed the undue influence of corporations on federal politics, posed a question on Canada’s vehicle emission standards, and took the government to task for restricting debate on yet another omnibus budget bill.
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Key Moments in the House
In the House of Commons:
- Question Period: Will Canada stand firm on its equivalency agreement for vehicle emissions standards with California?
- Opposition Motion: How do we root out what is essentially systemic levels of corruption?
- Opposition Motion: Corporate lobbies have too much influence
- Opposition motion: Corporate influence is why a government brings in carbon taxes then buys a pipeline
- Bill C-97: It is deeply offensive to have refugee rights limited within an omnibus budget bill
Press Conference:
Highlight from last week:
Statements and Press Releases
In the News
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Elizabeth May’s ‘Big Fat Green Wedding’; photos of ceremony and reception
(Times Colonist, Cindy E. Harnett, April 22) -
Elizabeth May Urges MPs To ‘Be More Like Prince Edward Islanders’
(Huffington Post, Ryan Maloney, April 29) - Power Play: View from the Hill
(CTV News, Don Martin, May 1)
- Why a Green Wave Could Spread Across Canada
(The Tyee, Matto Mildenberger, May 1)
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All-Party group of MPs offer new pitch for ‘democratic empowerment’ by rewriting House rules
(iPolitics, Kady O’Malley, May 2) -
How much will election campaign promises cost? PBO says he’ll find out
(CTV News, Rachel Aiello, May 2) - Kurl: Here’s why Elizabeth May’s Green Party is drawing so much voter attention
(Ottawa Citizen, Shachi Kurl, May 3) -
Why you just may vote Green this time
(MacLean’s, Anne Kingston, May 3)
TUNE IN: Sunday, May 5 at 11:00 AM (EST) to watch Elizabeth on CTV’s Question Period with Evan Solomon
Petitions
Elizabeth presents petitions once the deadline for signatures has passed. After presentation in the House, the government has 45 calendar days to table a response.
This week Elizabeth presented petitions calling on the government develop a comprehensive plan to deal with congestion at the Port of Vancouver and to offer humanitarian aid to the people on the Greek island of Samos.
You may read the governments’ responses to petitions Elizabeth has introduced here.
View and sign open e-petitions currently sponsored by Elizabeth here.
Learn about the e-petition process or create one of your own here.
Community Newsletters
December 2018 – Health Care
September 2018 – Immigration and Refugees
Committees, Briefs and Responses
Submission to Consultations on the Draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
Submission to Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Proposed Regulations on Rebuilding Plans
Submission to the Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Branch on Edible Cannabis
Submission to the Consultations on the Initial Environmental Assessment of the New NAFTA
Submission on the External Review of the Critical Habitat Section for Resident Killer Whales
Submission to the Consultations on an Amendment to Aquaculture Regulation
Submission to the Transport Canada Parliamentary Consultation
Submission to the Consultations on the Federal Carbon Pricing System
Submission to the Consultations on the Federal Leaders’ Debates
Submission to the Consultations on Health Canada’s Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis
Submission to the Consultations on the Proposed Excise Duty Framework for Cannabis Products
Submission to the Canada-Pacific Trade Consultations
Brief Submitted to the NAFTA Renegotiation Consultation
Brief Submitted to the Minister of Food and Agriculture Canada for “A Food Policy for Canada”
Response Submitted to the Consultations on Tax Planning Using Private Corporations
Private Members’ Bills
Elizabeth May has introduced the following bills:
Bill S-203: This bill will outlaw the cruel practice of keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity.*
Bill C-401: This bill will lower the voting age to 16.
Bill C-387: This bill will establish a legislative framework for a national passenger rail service.
Bill C-269: This bill will abolish mandatory minimum sentences for all crimes except murder and treason.
Bill C-258: This “Think Small First” bill would require that every new bill introduced in the House undergo an assessment to determine how the bill would impact Canadian small businesses.
Bill C-259: The Open Science Act would require all federal departments to make all publicly funded scientific research available to Canadians on their websites.
For a list of private members’ bills Elizabeth May has seconded, please visit elizabethmaymp.ca.
* Indicates that the bill is a Senate Public Bill
Upcoming Events
May 3
May 4
- Join Elizabeth May and Paul Manly for a Saturday morning brunch party
- Elizabeth May and Paul Manly attend the Hello Spring Craft Fair
- Elizabeth May and Paul Manly attend Curious Comicon in Nanaimo
May 5
May 18