Good Sunday Morning

Good Sunday Morning! Today finds me packing up to leave Ashcroft after a few days off – nearly a week!  We got here Tuesday, with John’s son and family…

Good Sunday Morning! Sometimes people refer to the summer months as a “break” for parliamentarians. For most MP’s, we just keep working. This week I was busy getting…

Good Sunday Morning! It has been a rough patch for the world, as bombs drop in Ukraine, Japan’s former PM is assassinated, people are slaughtered in Tigray, while…

Good Sunday Morning! Good Sunday Morning! Welcome to July – 29 months to go for meaningful climate action to hold to 1.5 or 2 degrees. It has been…

And, thank heavens, Parliament has risen until September 19th.  Hope I will be seeing many of you at Victoria Pride this morning. One of my Conservative friends, an…

Good Sunday Morning! For the last time until September, Monday morning will find me in Parliament. We are likely to adjourn by next Friday. What a long haul…

Thirty years ago today I was at the Rio Earth Summit with my precious baby girl, not yet one year old. Now she is nearly 31. There is…

Good Sunday Morning! When I wrote last week’s letter, I mentioned storm warnings for Ottawa and high winds in Guelph. Clearly, as more reports came in, it became…

Good Sunday Morning!! Yesterday morning was a very good one as I woke up on Mayne Island to the fantastic results in Australia’s election. Greens had their best…

Good Sunday Morning! I start with some good news for a change. I have been supporting a wonderful group of folks in Nunavut objecting to a massive expansion…

Happy May Day!!! There are many meanings and connotations to the “May Day” greeting. Maybe I paid attention to collecting all the meanings since May Day is sort…

Good Sunday Morning! Hope everyone had a Happy Earth Day! Although it is hard to be exuberant when two stalwart defenders of old growth, Brent Eichler and Howard…

Good Sunday Morning! and to those who celebrate – Happy Palm Sunday! It has been a very busy week. First, the good news. By mid-week I made a sudden…

Good Sunday Morning! As you may heave heard, I tested positive for COVID on Thursday. I am not one of the lucky ones who found out from a…

For those of you who are members of the Green Party of Canada, I hope you are registered and participating in the Virtual General Meeting running through this…

This early morning finds me on an unexpected flight back to Ottawa. Thursday afternoon, I had a call from Government House Leader Mark Holland to say that Parliament…

Today is Day 10 of the Russian illegal, unprovoked assault on Ukraine. In some ways, the world response has been inspiring. Modern democracies are stepping up with sanctions…

And I know you are not likely smiling. We are not embracing a day of peace and love and rest.  Our collective nerves are strained. For many of us,…

As you read this, I have been in Parliament since 7 am (ET) debating the declaration promulgated by Cabinet on Monday, February 14 under the Emergencies Act. By unanimous…

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I think I started last week’s letter saying it had been a weird week. I had no idea about…

What a weird week it has been. My first week back in Parliament, working on zoom from home, has been intense. It was also exhausting. I tabled my…

Good Sunday Morning! Tomorrow, Parliament will resume after a long break that followed a long break, punctuated by an unnecessary election. Since the end of June, we have had only…