Elizabeth MayCheck back here for more information and analysis when the 2016 Budget is tabled today at 4 PM. The Hon. Bill Morneau Minister of Finance Government of Canada…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, in the dying days of the federal election campaign, 14 permits were issued by Fisheries Canada and Transport Canada to allow the construction of…
(OTTAWA) February 19, 2016 – Numbers released today show the Harper government saved only $596,000 by legally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. All of us in the House are proud of the progressive role Canada played in concluding the…
(OTTAWA) – February 5, 2016 – Elizabeth May applauds a decision today by Parks Canada to cancel the controversial Mother Canada monument in Cape Breton Islands National Park. “The…
(OTTAWA) January 27, 2016 – “The new conditions for existing proposals, like Kinder Morgan and Energy East, are certainly a step in the right direction but any conditions…
(OTTAWA) January 26, 2016 – Following today’s report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Elizabeth May responded: “The Commissioner’s findings highlight the desperate condition of…
BURNABY, BC — In the final argument phase of the National Energy Board hearing in the application from Trans Mountain to expand the Kinder Morgan pipeline from Alberta…
(OTTAWA) January 22, 2016 – Elizabeth May is standing alongside local community leaders to denounce the decision of provincial and federal regulators to give Corridor Resources Inc. a…
(OTTAWA) January 22, 2016 – In response to the latest news that that 2015 was the hottest year on record, Elizabeth May has reinforced the need for the…
Elizabeth May will testify as an intervenor at the hearings on the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby, BC on Thursday, January 21 at 9:30 AM PST. The…
It is the day after the tumultuous conclusion of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In many…
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…
By: Andrea Gunn Publication Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald January 8, 2016 Elizabeth May, leader of the Green party, is calling on Nova Scotia to halt plans to open…
(OTTAWA) January 7, 2016 – Nova Scotia Interim Green Party Leader Brynn Nheiley, and Federal Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May called on the Nova Scotia government to halt…
By Michael D. Reid December 13, 2015 Publication source: Times Colonist The 195 nations that reached a climate agreement on Saturday in Paris have moved the world closer…
The morning after 13 days- 3 all nighters… And the Paris Agreement is accepted. The COP21 decision is agreed. What does it all mean? I have been working…
By Keith Vass December 12, 2015 Publication source: CHEK News It is being hailed as a historic moment. After two weeks of negotiations, the United Nations Paris Conference…
Yesterday, December 11th, was a day of suspended animation. So forgive me for not writing my daily blog yesterday. To make up for it, you’ll likely get two…
After 5 hours of commentary, complaint and suggested possibilities for compromise, the informal round of talks called an “indaba” broke up at 5 am. If President Fabius (who…
(OTTAWA) December 9, 2015 – Green MPs meeting on the morning of December 9th (Paris time) reviewed the state of play in current negotiations. “It is clear that the…
(OTTAWA) December 9, 2015 –The Green Party of Canada group at COP21 is encouraged by the constructive atmosphere as the negotiations enter the final days. “It is critical…
Monday December 7 was the official opening of the high-level segment. In the normal rhythm of the COPs, this would have been a big day with ministers of…
A COP update is tricky at mid-point. It reminds me of days gone by when my British ex-partner and I visited his dad in Derby. When they returned…