Elizabeth May

Once Cabinet decides a project or undefined region of national interest has been decreed by Cabinet (then) every future decision will be taken for the furtherance of the project.

I defy the Carney Cabinet to find a single climate scientist who could defend their claim that the additional GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions are not ‘material.’

Greens are outraged that the Cabinet has made a decision without even a cursory review of the evidence, committing Canadians to wasting another $40-billion-plus of public dollars on an uneconomic, climate-killing pipeline.

The new bill is an abomination.

“There really are no criteria. There are no factors. They're all discretionary,” she said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer.

If you’re dealing with a really large bully who’s beating you up, you really need to get out your keys, put them between your fingers, and go for soft, fleshy parts that are gonna hurt.

If there's any message, it's that we are not about to say that we're intimidated by a bully.

There's a very strong and healthy sense of Canadian solidarity that is wonderful to experience. And this is one manifestation of that.

When 100,000 Canadians-plus respond like that … I think it's a matter of duty and responsibility to sponsor petitions brought to MPs by citizens.

The Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM’s climate record

It’s hardly in the bag that Greens are going to win. But Greens could win in North Vancouver-Capilano, and part of it is the strength of our candidate.

There’s a number of things that pivot in our favour, including the number of projects that are getting rammed through that, geographically, they butt right up against the shores of North Vancouver.

But I want, when I hand the torch to the next leader, to know that they’re prepared to pick it up and work really hard and get the message out and explain to more people that the Green Party is the most solid choice for democracy.

I think a change, a transition, refreshed leadership is important for any party. And I have a lot of confidence that this will be a period for us where we will have MPs in the House.

I really felt very positive about the co-leadership with Jonathan Pedneault, and it was heartbreaking for me that after being pulled out of the leaders’ debates, he decided to actually quit politics altogether and go back to human rights…

Parliament passed this law because Indigenous, racialized and marginalized communities are still being forced to carry the health, environmental and economic burden of pollution. The government had two years to deliver and it failed.

This government moves quickly when oil and gas companies want action. But when Indigenous, racialized and marginalized communities are legally owed a national environmental justice strategy, the deadline passes and the government is still…

In the 51 years I’ve worked on pesticides, this is the single most regressive proposal I’ve ever seen.

Gathering forces that affront democracy itself in this place

Nobody has ever, in any government, of any political stripe, in my experience, proposed anything as appalling as this,

In the 51 years I've worked on pesticides in this country, this is the single most regressive proposal I've ever seen," Green Party leader Elizabeth May said.

I feel democracy itself is disrespected. Parliament itself is disrespected.

To allow cabinet to overturn that is monstrous.

What I fear, the worst is people die; also really bad, endangered wildlife die.