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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We had to work out how the world was going to be divided up and, using props and costumes, we had to stage a ten minute play.
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Using 1990 as the base year, Canada's emissions are now 24 percent higher, while the United States is up by 14 percent. The United States' performance is superior to Canada's, even though it is outside Kyoto.
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We have a lot of positive, constructive American engagement here in Montreal - and none of it's from the Bush administration, which represents the single biggest threat to global progress,
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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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Is Stephen Harper using the imagined fear of widespread security threats to score political points before the next election?
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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.
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If they had built the Energy East pipeline to transport beer, we'd be okay.
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It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.
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You should never even ask if a campaign is winnable, because the question is not answerable. No-one can predict the course of the future. Time and time again I have seen completely unforeseeable shifts in the tide of events that result in campaign victory.
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I will never shrink from speaking truth to power,