2013 saw many environmental wins -- but too many losses
I have been over the last few days, like most Canadians, getting the deluge of retrospectives on 2013. Rob Ford's name looms large in these reviews, along with Duffy and Wallin, Senate expenses and...
View ArticleWhat if we treated 'labour' as 'people?'
It used to be understood that a healthy economy included low unemployment and available jobs right across the country. Pockets of persistently high unemployment would receive help in stimulus...
View ArticlePlaces you will never find Stephen Harper
The title might suggest I am about to point out you'll never find him at the Saturday Farmer's Market on Salt Spring Island or the Galiano Island Literary Festival, where I happen to be at the moment....
View ArticleFour damning facts about the Keystone XL pipeline
Two weeks ago, I wrote to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to urge him to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In the letter I was clear about four Keystone XL facts:- Keystone hurts the...
View ArticlePipeline politics muddle the Fraser Institute's reading skills
The HuffPost blog from the Fraser Institute's Senior Director, Natural Resource Studies, Kenneth Green, set out to make me look uninformed based on my submission to the U.S. State Department on the...
View ArticleFor young people, the future ain't what it used to be
"Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming...
View ArticleTrain travel in Canada is running off the rails
There has been a lot of attention of late to what moves on Canada's rails. Train derailments, disasters such as Lac-Mégantic and near-disasters, such as the railcars loaded with toxic diluents that...
View ArticleTogether, we can stop Enbridge's pipelines and tankers
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View ArticleHow not to protect the lives of sex trade workers
The ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada was pretty clear in the Bedford case. The laws were preventing women (and men) in the business of selling sex from being unacceptably vulnerable to violence...
View ArticleStaking the moral high ground: Why the Green Party exists
What follows is my original piece rebutting a National Post editorial. The NP editors requested cuts and changes, which I accepted. read more
View ArticleElizabeth May: In September, march for climate sanity
This article was primarily written for an international audience, but I thought Canadian Greens might want to join me too!On Sunday September 21 I will be with my daughter in New York, marching with...
View ArticleA $15 minimum wage will not solve inequality -- but it'll help
I am going to vote for the NDP's motion on reinstating the federal minimum wage. A federal minimum wage would only apply to federally regulated industries which comprise only a small portion of the...
View ArticleElizabeth May speaks against military intervention in Iraq in Parliament
Mr. Speaker, with that, let me convey my thanks to all members of this House for the rare unanimous consent to allow a member from an unrecognized party to respond, although I do stand here recognized...
View ArticleThe Iraq speech I did not get to give
I had thought that the debate on sending a military mission into Iraq would allow for me to make a 10-minute speech. Due to the motion for closure, I never had that chance. I had some rough notes of...
View ArticleParliament Hill shootings do not 'change everything'
Wednesday, October 22 was set to be a typically busy day in the House. From my first meetings in Centre Block on Parliament Hill starting at 7 a.m. to heading to my Confederation Building office for...
View ArticleHarper's assault on our national parks
Unlike our current prime minister's attack on climate policy and push for every pipeline and tanker in sight, this one is flying under the radar. In fact, Conservative Party talking points make great...
View ArticleClimate negotiations at COP 20 will go down to the wire
By the time you read this, I will be in Lima, Peru at the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). When I say we are "down to the wire," many...
View ArticleStephen Harper prepares to trample on workers' rights yet again
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich -- Gulf Islands, issued the following statement earlier today regarding the Harper Conservatives threat to use...
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Harper's anti-terror law will turn Canada into a police state
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View ArticleI dreamed of an all-women cabinet and it was beautiful
I could claim "last night I had the strangest dream..." It had to do with International Women's Day. And suddenly the male leadership decided it had really made too big a mess of things to be able to...
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