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Elizabeth May sponsors whale and dolphin captivity bill
Media Release | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) will sponsor Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, as it moves to the House of Commons today after...
Elizabeth May offers “tough love” to the Liberal’s carbon pricing plan
Media Release | Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018OTTAWA –Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) commended the carbon pricing plan outlined today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment and Climate Change...
The Green Wave rolls over Vancouver: election brings fresh green look to councils, boards
Media Release | Monday, 22 Oct 2018OTTAWA -- Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) today congratulated the 11 successful Green Party candidates in the B.C. municipal elections at the weekend, hailing...
Strange bedfellows: Canada’s power couple join forces to override privacy concerns
Media Release | Friday, 19 Oct 2018OTTAWA -- The Conservative and Liberal parties have joined forces to deny Canadians a fundamental human right -- the right to privacy -- by refusing to consider a legislative amendment that would...
Elizabeth May's speech during emergency debate on climate change
Media Release | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018Elizabeth May’s Statement to the House of Commons during the Emergency Debate on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- October 15, 2018 Watch on Youtube >> Mr. Speaker...
David Merner named Green Party candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke
Media Release | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2018ESQUIMALT – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is delighted to announce that lawyer David Merner is the Green Party of Canada candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke....
IPCC report must be debated in Parliament. ‘Time is not on our side,’ says Elizabeth May.
Media Release | Monday, 15 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) is asking House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency parliamentary debate on the alarming findings in...
Canada must present stronger target at next climate negotiation: Greens
Media Release | Monday, 08 Oct 2018TORONTO– The release today of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the chances of reaching the 1.5 degree C Paris target – and the catastrophic risks of missing it – have...
“The clock could well be running out” Elizabeth May urges government to heed new report from Environment Commissioner
Media Release | Wednesday, 03 Oct 2018OTTAWA – The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand, tabled three reports today in Parliament – on toxic substances, protecting marine mammals and departmental...
Elizabeth May calls for emergency debate on threat to marine life in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Media Release | Monday, 01 Oct 2018OTTAWA – Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May (MP, Saanich-Gulf Islands) has asked House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan to convene an emergency debate on new scientific research that has...