Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) issued a statement on the 30th anniversary of a ground-breaking climate conference in Toronto: “Having succeeded in reducing acid rain and securing a global agreement to protect the ozone layer, Canadian leadership was ready to be serious about reducing carbon emissions,” said May, who was one of the … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) reflected on the recent parliamentary session: “The Green Party strives to be tireless but fair in its criticism and collegial in its parliamentary activity, and in this spirit I have proposed 378 amendments on 17 different bills during the last session. Several of these were passed and represent … Read more
The Trudeau government is spending $4.5 billion of taxpayers’ money to let the Texas company Kinder Morgan wipe its hands clean of a pipeline project that can’t find private sector investors. “A nice return on their investment,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) “when you consider how in 2007 Kinder Morgan finalized … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) has pleaded guilty to the criminal contempt of court charge resulting from her arrest at the Kinder Morgan pipeline work site in Burnaby B.C. in April. “I made a promise the Tsleil-waututh, Squamish and Musqueum First Nations that I would stand with them in opposing this disastrous … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) applauds the announcement by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) that the government will block the proposed takeover of Canadian construction giant Aecon by China’s state-owned CCCC International Holding Ltd. “The Liberal government cited reasons of national security to stop the deal, but there is more than … Read more
The Green Party of Canada questions the conclusions of the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report The Impact of a Pan-Canadian Carbon Pricing Levy on PBO’s GDP Projection, tabled in Parliament this week. The report projects that the impact of a carbon levy rising to $50 a tonne in 2022 will be a 0.5 percent ($10 billion) reduction in … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) cringes at déja vu politics. “The Liberals promised change but we keep getting more of the same: Harper-style politics,” she said. “Subsidizing big oil at this point in the process is not surprising, but blaming Premier Horgan is plain shameful. British Columbians have done nothing to obstruct the … Read more
The Green Party of Canada today released the conclusions of an independent third-party investigation into allegations of workplace harassment against Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.). The investigators concluded that the allegations do not constitute workplace harassment. The investigation is now closed. The report is available online. Call 613-562-4916 x 206.
The federal budget tabled Feb. 27 does nothing to accelerate climate action and nothing to prepare for the impact of catastrophic climate events. “Budget 2018 does not touch subsidies to fossil fuels in the oil patch and for fracked natural gas,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.). “While we welcome this ‘gender’ budget’s promise … Read more
A leaked summary of the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the pathway to 1.5 degrees C provides clear warning that Trudeau’s climate policy is wholly inadequate. The leaked, peer-reviewed IPCC data scotches any notion that continued fossil fuels use, especially those from the CO2-intensive oilsands, is compatible with mitigating climate change. “The Liberal … Read more
