Elizabeth MayPublication Source: Ottawa Citizen Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Elizabeth May Re: For-profit doesn’t equal evil, Feb. 10. The Citizen editorial accusing opponents of…
We held eight Town Halls in January, on every one of the southern Gulf Islands in the riding and in three locations on the Saanich Peninsula. I am…
Publication Source: The Windsor Star Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Alan Halberstadt On Jan. 28, over 125 WindsorEssex residents along with some members of…
The Green Party of Canada is deeply concerned about the situation in the Maldives and calls on Canada to exert diplomatic pressure to avoid further violence and work…
Greens all over the world will celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, commemorating the 1971 signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention).…
Publication Source: Goldstream News Gazette Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Elizabeth May The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, not merely a document signed…
Publication Source: Saanich News Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Sonya Ignatieff I share Ms. May’s concern about our federal government’s withdrawal from the Kyoto…
Publication Source: The Journal Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Janina Enrile The campaign to bring Elizabeth May to Queen’s started after the Green Party…
A few people have asked me to provide a basic primer on the climate agreements that Canada has ratified. Four years ago, I co-authored Global Warming for Dummies,…
The anti-Kyoto campaign has been carefully crafted to gain public support for the federal government to do something no previous government has ever done — withdraw from an…
When I wrote “Fact Check on Kyoto Distortions” on November 28, 2011 for my blog, I covered the most frequently cited, misleading/dishonest bits of spin on the subject.…
Green Leader Elizabeth May sees the Obama Administration refusal of the Keystone Pipeline as an opportunity to create Canadian jobs. “We should now pause and re-think shipping our unprocessed…
I have been home on Canadian soil for the last few weeks, happy to enjoy Christmas in Sidney, but having trouble shaking the residual depression from Prime Minister…
The Green Party of Canada is fully in support of Ontario Environment Minister Jim Bradley’s position that Canada needs national regulations governing coal-fired power plants. Bradley has reacted…
Prime Minister Harper appeared on a Calgary radio show Thursday claiming the safety of offshore oil tanker traffic on the BC coast, comparing it to Newfoundland. MP for…
It is proving more difficult than I had expected to pick one event worthy of the superlative “Biggest Story of 2011.” The May election brought many changes to…
I am just back from Durban and COP17. So is Peter Kent. Only he came back and announced that Canada will strike a blow at the fragile agreement…
The Green Party of Canada is appalled by the Harper government’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. “It is extremely shocking that Canada has chosen to withdraw…
Ms. Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, it is with enormous sadness I rise today to mark what was done yesterday by the government in signalling legal withdrawal from the…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the important negotiations in Durban last week, my question is about Canada’s ongoing commitment to remain within the Kyoto protocol.…
Ms. Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member for Kelowna—Lake Country. [SGvsT9JdEKE] I have a copy of sections of the proposed Canada-Panama agreement,…
Ms. Elizabeth May: With regard to the current and projected impacts of anthropogenic climatic change and disruption including, but not limited to, increasing water scarcity, forest fire frequency…
Alright, probably not last thoughts. Analysis and review will continue for months if not years. By some lights it was a breakthrough to have China and India and…
While the clock ticks on climate action, COP17 runs into overtime hours. It may turn out that today is not the last day of COP17 — but the…
Publication Source: CBC Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Margo McDiarmid Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who is also in Durban, says Canada’s involvement in the negotiations has…