Financial Statement of Minister of Finance
Elizabeth May: Madam Speaker, I share some of what my colleague from Winnipeg North said. It is a shame that so far the only comments I have been…
Elizabeth MayMP for Saanich and Gulf Islands
Elizabeth MayElizabeth May: Madam Speaker, I share some of what my colleague from Winnipeg North said. It is a shame that so far the only comments I have been…
Publication Source: CTV News Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: John Size But British Columbia MPs Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, and the…
In the wake of the most anti-environmental budget seen in Canada, the country will mark Earth Hour, sending a message that citizens care about sustainability. “By the simple…
No doubt the Harper Conservatives are strategic – even clever. The major national media seems to take the budget as somehow “less” — less awful, less ruthless, less…
The Harper Conservatives have followed through on threats to erode environmental protection and grease the wheels for greater fossil fuel development. As well, it has killed the voice…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, in 2009 the Prime Minister ignored the advice of experts that we needed “national security” defined in the Investment Canada Act and a series…
Bruce Hyer: Madam Speaker, as is often the case, the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands has done her homework exhaustively and remembers most of it without a note.…
Elizabeth May: Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-24, the Canada–Panama economic growth and prosperity act. [-kcYnEa79LE] Others in this House might…
Publication Source: HuffPost Canada Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Staff Green Party leader Elizabeth May said the Conservatives had followed through on threats to…
Publication Source: HuffPost Canada Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Angelina Chapin “This budget continues the Harper Conservatives’ assault on the environment in more ways…
Publication Source: Straight Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Stephen Thomson The federal government has introduced a “tough-on-nature” budget, Green Party leader Elizabeth May says.…
Publication Source: Victoria Times Colonist Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Jocelyn Gifford Re: “May calls for tanker ban on oil-spill anniversary,” March 24. The…
This week, the committee discussed the development of a National Conservation Plan. During in the in-camera potion of the meeting, the committee issued a news release calling for…
Publication Source: Peninsula News Review Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Christine van Reeuwyk Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green…
Publication Source: Times Colonist Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Cindy E. Harnett A moratorium on crude-oil supertankers on B.C.’s coast should be expanded and…
As the Harper Conservatives work aggressively to re-introduce oil tankers to the dangerous waters of the British Columbia coastline, the Green Party of Canada is urging Canadians to remember…
We are now fighting a rear-guard action against losing all the laws we have. For the last forty years or so, any paper on environmental policy could be…
March 14th is the International Day of Action for Rivers when communities across the world are celebrating rivers and raising awareness of the need to protect and restore rivers. “The Green Party has…
Confession: I am a pack rat who rarely throws out files. Last night I found the environmental assessment from the first EA process in which I participated. The…
The Green Party of Canada fears for the future of environmental regulation in Canada after reading the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development’s statutory review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment…
The committee reviewed its expenditure plans for the Department of Environment. The Honourable Peter Kent presented the estimates to the committee. He outlined several new initiatives, including the…
March 13th marks the 21st anniversary of the signing of Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement that dealt with acid rain under the Mulroney Government. “The Acid Rain Accord is…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the issue today is critical. Fresh water is the source of all forms of life on earth. The protection and conservation of fresh water…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I have to confess that although I have great personal regard for the hon. parliamentary secretary, I am disappointed that she did not answer…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to pursue a question that I put to the Minister of the Environment in November of last year and it…