Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May
Elizabeth Evans May OC MPis an American-Canadian politician. May is leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands. An environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer, May served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 June 1954
CityHartford, CT
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Is Stephen Harper using the imagined fear of widespread security threats to score political points before the next election?
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I knew I had an old, cold, drafty house, ... But what they told me is where I made investments weren't my best investments.
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They could have dealt with it, probably, without raising the ire of some of the people in the environmental movement if all they'd done was to say that the section is titled 'Toxics and other substances of concern.'
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Twelve cities in three days is not a public consultation or proper public process. It is not adequate.
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Allowing an election to happen now only serves the ends of people who don't want to see progress made under the Kyoto Protocol, so you have to say it's unfortunate that we've come to this.
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It's unfortunate. I sort of feel like saying
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It's the nightmare scenario that environmental activists around the world have been hoping would be avoided.
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Then I started feeling better. There were all these things I could do.
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We will move the world ahead. We will not wait for (U.S. President) George W. Bush.
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We will move the world ahead. We will not wait for George W. Bush. Together we can save the climate. Together we will stop fossil fuels from destroying our future.
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We're trying to help the Harper government deliver on its commitment to cut spending. There are billions of dollars to be saved.
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As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all,
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I'm going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo.
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If you have never taken the train across Canada, you really should put it on your life list... Meanwhile, I get to sit back and watch for moose from the dome car as we roll through the lake-dotted vastness of the boreal forest.