Killing Environmental Science
There has been no announcement of the devastating decision to stop studying the natural world, but the evidence is piling up that such a decision has been taken.…
Elizabeth MayMP for Saanich and Gulf Islands
Elizabeth MayThere has been no announcement of the devastating decision to stop studying the natural world, but the evidence is piling up that such a decision has been taken.…
The curtailment of the Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s Centre for Off-shore Oil, Gas, and Energy Research (COOGER) is a dangerous setback for the safety and integrity of…
Publication Source: iPolitics.ca Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Sonya Bell There was no fuss or fanfare when Environment Minister Peter Kent tabled the final…
Publication Source: Macleans Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Aaron Wherry Elizabeth May explains what the support of the Liberals means for her efforts to…
Canada’s current place in the world is shrinking. The United Nations General Assembly vote to deny Canada its traditional rotation on the Security Council should be a wake-up…
Publication Source: Globe and Mail Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Gloria Galloway The Liberals will join forces with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today welcomed her fellow Members of Parliament back to the House of Commons for what will be an “historic and…
Publication Source: Globe and Mail Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Gloria Galloway An omnibus budget bill that will affect many aspects of Canadian life…
The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Harper Government to reinstate funding to Environment Canada’s Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program. “The unacceptably drastic cuts to Environment…
Publication Source: Peninsula News Review Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Jan and Robert Carroll On May 9 my husband and I were part of…
Publication Source: Times Colonist Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Chelsea Garside I am appalled at the news that Peter Ross and his team running…
Publication Source: Victoria Times Colonist Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Cindy E. Harnett Nine marine scientists and staff in North Saanich will lose their…
Publication Source: Winnipeg Free Press Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Bill Redekop In September 1988, Winnipeg Free Press reporter Barbara Robson broke a national…
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, warned the Harper Conservatives not to move recklessly on expanding northern offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea before more is…
Today in Question Period, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Randy Kamp, confirmed that the Experimental Lakes Area (www.saveela.org) is to be sold off to private interests. Independent…
[ajLAlhuet9Q] Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, two years after shelving plans for drilling in the Arctic following the disaster of BP in the Gulf of Mexico, it now appears…
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…
Last night in the House, there was a Committee of the Whole until 1:30am. On the option of the NDP, two departments of government can be submitted to…
Elizabeth May: Madam Speaker, this bill has been before the House numerous times. In fact, the first effort at amending copyright legislation goes back to 2005 under a…
Publication Source: Huffington Post Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Mark Crowley Once again Green Party Member of Parliament Elizabeth May (I never get tired…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I hope this is properly put as a point of order. I noted earlier in question period, in debate, that the Conservative members of…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about Bill C-38. I am sad because this bill is worse than any other this Parliament has debated, and…
Publication Source: Times Colonist Source Link: View the full original article >> Author: Cindy E. Harnett Saanich-Gulf Islands Green MP Elizabeth May is threatening to hold up a…
Elizabeth May: Madam Speaker, in the House I have mostly bemoaned and raged against the changes to environmental laws, but I want to support what the member has…
Colin Mayes: Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague from British Columbia earlier and I commend her on the good work she does in protecting the environment. We,…