Elizabeth May's Week in Review - June 1, 2018

Week in Review: May 28 – June 1

Welcome 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, Elizabeth levelled criticism at the government for their abuse of time allocation measures and for their purchase of a 65-year-old pipeline with $4.5 billion in taxpayer money. In response, Elizabeth launched a Parliamentary e-petition to halt the purchase, which you can sign here.

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Key Moments in the House

Speech

How can we possibly think we understand sustainability while building pipelines?

Question Period

What’s the government’s plan after the Federal Court of Appeal rules on Kinder Morgan?

Debate

In the News

“May pleads guilty on Trans Mountain”
(Interview with Vassy Kapelos, Power & Politics, May 28; Skip to 0:33:20)
“Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands”
(Interview with Al Ferraby, CFAX 1070, May 29)
“How does Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May feel about the Liberal government’s decision to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline?”
(Interview with Lynda Steele, Global News, May29)
“Government announces purchase of Trans Mountain”
(CTV National News, May 29; Skip to 02:46)
“Elizabeth on the Kinder Morgan Purchase”
(Interview with Mark Sutcliffe, Ottawa Today 1310 News, May 30; Skip to 35:30)
“Irwin Colter and Parliamentarians on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela”
(Press conference, CPAC, May 30)
“I was arrested for protesting against Canada’s pipeline – and the battle far from over”
(Elizabeth May, The Guardian, May 30)

Public Statements

Petitions

Sign the petition to halt the $4.5 billion purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline!

Note:

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.

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 Newsletter

April 2018 Newsletter – Children

Committees, Briefs and Responses

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 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.

Upcoming Events

Sunday, June 3