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Elizabeth May, O.C. is the Green Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands, was an intervenor in the NEB Kinder Morgan hearings. She served as leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2006 to 2019.

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Canada-EU trade agreement may be good for business, but it’s bad for democracy

Upon closer inspection, the treaty Canada negotiated with the European Union from 2009 to 2014 is completely out of step with the times. To begin with, it contains no reference to the Paris climate agreement.
Opinion | August 24th 2022

TMX — the white elephant pipeline

TMX was always a financial loser. That’s why Kinder Morgan bailed. But now it is more than a financial basket case, writes Elizabeth May.
Opinion | July 14th 2022

Climate emergency! Weak climate change act being steamrolled through Parliament

Why former Green Party leader Elizabeth May is calling on the Liberals and the NDP to deliver a climate change accountability bill that meets the demands of science — and our kids. 
Opinion | May 28th 2021

Budget 2021: Money for fossil fuels, climate action don't mix

Budget 2021 leaves billions of subsidies to fossil fuels and the construction of Trans Mountain as a publicly owned pipeline, plus approvals for new exploration for oil and gas, in place, writes MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
Opinion | April 30th 2021

Liberals' climate accountability bill can be saved — but only if we act now

If we want to get to net zero by 2050, we first have to get to roughly half as many emissions in 2030 as in 2010, Elizabeth May says.
Opinion, Politics | November 24th 2020

Yes, oil is dead. Just read the writing on the wall.

Economists fear that bailing out Big Oil will worsen our chances of economic recovery post-COVID-19. And no one wants to point out that it will worsen our chances for the survival of human civilization.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | May 12th 2020

Global pandemic, what will our legacy be this time?

MP Elizabeth May reflects on working to help Canadians amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the pandemic could mean for the climate emergency
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | March 20th 2020

Elizabeth May asks, 'At what cost, Canada?'

The Liberals paid a price vastly exceeding the TMX pipeline value in order to take on a project that Kinder Morgan had clearly decided would not fly.
Opinion | February 12th 2020

Elizabeth May: 'I will work with MPs willing to eliminate fossil fuels'

Election 2019
Opinion | October 19th 2019

Elizabeth May: Solving the climate crisis is ‘Mission Possible’

We are in a climate emergency.  Status quo behavior is our enemy. It is time for us to step up and do what is required.
Opinion, Energy, Politics | June 21st 2019
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