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    Climate: Time to do what is necessary

    Blog | Monday, 25 Apr 2016
      I write this from the train heading back from New York to Canada. The last time I made this trip was September 2014, coming home from the Peoples’ Climate March. My daughter and I marched with over...

    Budget Submission to Finance Minister Bill Morneau

    Blog | Thursday, 25 Feb 2016
    The following is a budget submission from Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, to Minister of Finance Bill Morneau.   Dear Minister, Thank you for the opportunity to submit budgetary...

    Unravelling the nightmarish Gordian Knot of Syria

    Blog | Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016
    The Liberal government has followed through on its campaign commitment to pull Canadian CF-18 fighter jets out of Iraq and Syria.  Simultaneously, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that we will be...

    COP21 Final Blog - Day 13

    Blog | Sunday, 13 Dec 2015
    The morning after 13 days- 3 all nighters… And the Paris Agreement is accepted.  The COP21 decision is agreed.  What does it all mean? I have been working on climate for the last 29 years.   In that...

    COP21 Blog Update - Day 12

    Blog | Saturday, 12 Dec 2015
    Yesterday, December 11th, was a day of suspended animation. So forgive me for not writing my daily blog yesterday. To make up for it, you'll likely get two today. At 5:30 AM Friday the all-night "...

    COP21 Blog Update - December 10

    Blog | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015
    After 5 hours of commentary, complaint and suggested possibilities for compromise, the informal round of talks called an "indaba" broke up at 5 am. If President Fabius (who personally chaired this...

    COP21 Blog Update

    Blog | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015
    A brief blog today. The talks were mostly off-line – one to one (or rather, one COP president to a larger regional grouping, one after the other). Claire Martin had a not entirely small tragedy as a...

    COP21 – negotiations move behind closed doors - Day 8

    Blog | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015
    Monday December 7th was the official opening of the High-Level segment.  In the normal rhythm of the COPs, this would have been a big day with ministers of environment from around the world, and the...

    COP21 moves to new phase - Day 7

    Blog | Monday, 07 Dec 2015
    Sunday and COP21 moved to the working groups to review cross-cutting issues.  There were four groups announced by COP President Fabius last night, with another announced today – adaptation.  We also...