Numbers released on Feb. 19 show the Harper government saved only $596,000 by legally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.). “The fact that Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office had to take the Harper government to court in an attempt to reveal these cuts … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) released the following statement in response to Canada’s revised policy to address the ongoing crises in Iraq and Syria: “The Green Party of Canada supports the end of Canada’s bombing mission against Daesh (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. I commend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for committing to increase humanitarian and military … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) reiterated her party’s opposition to the current Trans Pacific Partnership. “As International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland told media yesterday, there is a big difference between signing and ratifying this agreement,” said May. “We now have the opportunity to study and debate the details of this bad deal, and I will continue to encourage MPs from all … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) lent her support to recent comments made by Montreal-area mayors regarding the Energy East pipeline. “We are the only party to have consistently opposed any and all pipeline projects being proposed for the purpose of exporting unrefined raw bitumen,” said May. “It has been a shock to see … Read more
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) responded to an announcement concerning interim environmental assessment processes: “The new conditions for existing proposals, like Kinder Morgan and Energy East, are certainly a step in the right direction but any conditions placed on a fundamentally flawed system will be imperfect. It is critical that First Nations’ rights … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) responds to landmark ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal: “Today’s ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal reiterates what anybody who has been paying attention has known for years: Ottawa has been discriminating against First Nations children on reserve. From woefully inadequate and outdated funding models to a … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) is standing alongside local community leaders to denounce the decision of provincial and federal regulators to give Corridor Resources Inc. a free pass for the third time at the Old Harry site, a proposed deep water oil well in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. “This is a shocking … Read more
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 to the lower mainland of British Columbia, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) catalogued the many failures of the process. Critical to her argument is that the lack … Read more
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) extends heartfelt sympathies to the families of those killed during an attack in Burkina Faso. “I am devastated by the news of this senseless act of violence,” said May. “My condolences to the families and loved ones of those who were killed and I pray for the speedy … Read more
Federal Green leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) and Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party, issued a joint statement opposing the Ontario government’s decision to rebuild the first of four nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant. The Ontario Greens are calling for an independent, public review of rebuilding Ontario’s aging nuclear reactors … Read more
