Elizabeth MayClick here to see Elizabeth table her motion. March 24, 2021 MP Elizabeth May (Saanich — Gulf-Islands), Parliamentary Leader of the Green Party of Canada, has introduced a…
Click here for Elizabeth May’s submission to the Elections Canada consultation entitled “Digital Communications in Federal Elections.
Dear Friends and Supporters of Electoral Reform, A disappointment in Parliament on Wednesday, when the Liberals used their majority to defeat a motion to accept recommendations from the…
Elizabeth May Mr. Speaker, to clarify, the committee report on electoral reform did not contain any dissent from the New Democrats or the Greens. We filed a supplemental…
Elizabeth May Madam Speaker, I am so proud to participate in today’s very important debate. I am also very proud of our report, the Special Committee on Electoral…
Dissecting the Prime Minister’s excuses for ditching his promise of fair voting February 16, 2017 Elizabeth May I t was a massive blow to my faith in Trudeau’s…
Canadians joined rallies in cities from coast to coast today to demand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau honour his promise on electoral reform. Elizabeth May, spoke at the…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in adjournment proceedings this evening to return to a question I originally asked on February 1. The House will…
Elizabeth May: Madam Speaker, I rise today and want to begin by acknowledging that we are on the unceded territory of the Algonquin of Golden Lake. We say meegwetch.…
“I feel more deeply shocked today by this government’s actions than any other in my adult life. Thousands upon thousands of Canadians put faith in this government’s –…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, “Within 18 months of forming government, we will introduce legislation to enact electoral reform”. That is from the Liberal platform. It is very clear,…
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I thank all my colleagues. I share the view of my colleagues from Skeena—Bulkley Valley and Louis-Saint-Laurent and all the others who mentioned the…
For the first time in Canadian history, a Parliamentary committee recommended that the government take concrete steps to move away from the archaic First Past the Post voting…
“Today, for the first time in Canadian history, a Parliamentary committee has recommended that the government take concrete steps to move away from the archaic First Past the…
Any day now, a postcard will arrive in your mailbox to invite you to participate in the single most important democratic reform in a generation: moving to ensure…
Elizabeth May: News flash: Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary committee has found as fact that first past the post is inappropriate in any democracy with more then two parties…
(OTTAWA) November 23, 2016 – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands), strongly condemns the undemocratic decision by PEI Liberals to reject a motion to…
(OTTAWA) November 08, 2016 – Elizabeth May released the following statement in response to results from a non-binding plebiscite to change the provincial voting system in Prince Edward…
Ever since the Special Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform was created in June, we have had a designation in the House of Commons emails and online presence as…
CPAC has just launched Electoral Reboot: Changing the Vote, a special section of the cpac.ca website exploring the issue of electoral reform. The new section serves as a gateway…
Watch Elizabeth’s video blog about the meeting by clicking on the image below.
Today the committee heard testimony from outgoing Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand and former Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley. Watch the videos by clicking on the images below.
Watch Elizabeth May’s video recap of the Electoral Reform Committee Meeting by clicking on the image below.
Minister for Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef testified at today’s committee meeting. Watch by clicking the image below.
The Special Committee on Electoral Reform got underway this morning, as MPs discussed how the committee will proceed. Watch the video of the meeting by clicking on the…