Elizabeth MayDecember 3rd , 2012 This week the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development met to discuss Bill C-47, and Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012-2013. Bill C-47 is…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to yet another budget omnibus bill. I suppose I should not use the word “pleased”. [eHy_9N8luZA]…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will table dozens of substantive policy amendments to Budget Omnibus Bill C-45 when it returns to the House of Commons for Report Stage…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, as this is my first chance to speak to Bill C-27 in the House, I will say that I find the demands being placed…
This week the Committee met on Monday November 5th, 2012 to discuss Bill C-27. The Committee heard from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. During the…
The committee met twice this week to continue its study of Bill C-27, The First Nations Financial Transparency Act. On Monday, October 22nd, the Committee heard from representatives…
This week the committee studied the topic of technological innovation in the health sector. During both meetings, the committee heard from members of provincial public service organizations, as…
The committee met twice this week to discuss Bill C-27, an Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations. On Monday, October 15, the committee…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, will attend the Defend Our Coast sit-in in Victoria next week. People from across Canada will unite to defend our coast…
Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, wishes to congratulate Lorraine Rekmans on receiving a Rosalie Bertell Award this week. “This award is…
From most of my Island Tides columns, one could conclude that my every waking hour was absorbed in documenting the horrific decisions of the current federal government. It…
Welcome to the new British Columbia edition of HuffPost. And welcome to B.C., HuffPost! The hot news of the country is increasingly tilting west. The epic struggle to…
The Green Party of Canada is joining with many across the globe to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9. This year’s theme…
The Green Party of Canada, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition, and two prominent scientists today called for an exploration and drilling moratorium in the Gulf of…
There is no shortage of compelling issues to discuss in a Hill Times Environmental Policy briefing. Even listing, without describing, the catalogue of assaults on environmental law and…
The recent decision by the Government of Canada to terminate a world-class federal research program, the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), diminishes the government’s capacity to deal with issues…
On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, the Green Party of Canada says a very sincere thank you to First Nations. “This year, as we put a focus on…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it seems that we are in a rather circular argument. Members, including myself, have stood and pointed out that first nations’ leadership, including the…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I want to ask my hon. colleague from Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor a question. Earlier today I put the question about the existing level of commitment…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am very disturbed by the process that surrounds this legislation. I have seen, in media commentary, that the Assembly of First Nations National…
David McGuinty: Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on her speech and pick up on the theme that was raised by the Parliamentary Secretary to…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak at report stage on Bill C-38, a bill that many other colleagues in the House have accurately described as an…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I join parliamentary colleagues today in paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. [qPtjwvhHy5c] We have heard…
This year, National Aboriginal History Month has been marred by the deep and heartless cuts to everything from the protection of the environment in or near First Nations’…
Since my last article for Island Tides, Parliament has been dominated by the March 29 Budget and the April 26 budget implementation bill, Bill C-38. The first set…