Fighting the TPP
The federal government has now committed to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The signing is necessary, the Liberals say, in order to be able to fully debate the…
Elizabeth MayMP for Saanich and Gulf Islands
Elizabeth MayThe federal government has now committed to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The signing is necessary, the Liberals say, in order to be able to fully debate the…
In the election campaign the Trudeau Liberals’ climate platform lacked any commitment to specific targets and lacked any climate plan. They pledged to end all fossil fuel subsidies…
Since November 4 and the swearing in of a new government, change in Ottawa has been immediate. It is as if a weight has lifted. More people are…
I don’t know about you, but I have been astonished at the many media pundits who question Justin Trudeau’s decision to appoint a Cabinet with gender parity. The…
As I tour the riding in the last round of Town Hall meetings before the 2015 election, I have had a lot of questions about the national televised…
Years ago, when my friend Maude Barlow and I were writing a book about the toxic contamination of the Sydney Tar Ponds on Cape Breton Island, I had…
The world is gearing up for the December 2015 climate negotiations in Paris. The annual Conferences of the Parties (COP) within the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change…
The tawdry affair of Mike Duffy—once sought-after Canadian media celebrity; now disgraced former Senator facing criminal charges—will drag on through our courts for the next few months. The…
Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s first and last budget represents a hodge-podge of election promises, rather than a coherent, prudent plan for Canada’s future economic and social health. It…
The fight to amend C-51, the so-called Anti-Terrorism Act, ended after a forced march through the Green Party’s 60 amendments (all defeated), as well as the NDP’s 28…
Years ago, when my daughter was about ten years old, we visited my relatives in Charleston, South Carolina. I had not seen them in years – cousins of…
For many years, Canadian governments could rely on a sage and experienced cadre of diplomats. Canada has traditionally had a fine foreign service. Its officers represent a standard…
The Governor of the Bank of Canada Steven Poloz has dropped our interest rates to help avoid the threat of deflation. In doing so he gave his judgment…
On Sunday, December 14 at 3:30 AM the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru limped across the finish line. The deadline for the acceptance of…
By the time you read this, I will be in Lima, Peru at the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change…
Unlike our current prime minister’s attack on climate policy and push for every pipeline and tanker in sight, this one is flying under the radar. In fact, Conservative…
MP Elizabeth May gave this speech in Parliament on October 3. Mr. Speaker, with that, let me convey my thanks to all members of this House for the…
On Sunday, September 21, 2014, the global climate movement mobilized as never before. Organized by 350.org in 160 countries, in over 2,600 separate events, over 600,000 people spoke…
Those of us convinced that the climate crisis is the single biggest threat to our kids’ future are not known for a parallel worry about the profits of…
The readership of Island Tides is, in my experience, among the best informed and most conscientious about our collective and individual ecological footprint of any people on the…
One can be forgiven for dismissing the appointment of Canada’s new ambassador to the Vatican as a matter of no consequence. But this posting in the midst of…
Most of the news is bad. This week’s dispatches had only one piece of good news. Touching on that good news first, a report from the German newspaper…
Taking the train across Canada to promote passenger rail can be described as a test of the loyalty of the VIA Rail supporter. I have done several national…
On June 26, 2014, the landscape of Canada changed. While some of us have sung our national anthem “our home and natives’ land” for some time, the Supreme…
It came to me in response to a biased question from a Sun News reporter in Toronto. The question, playing into the warped world of Ezra Levant, prompted…