ENG - Elizabeth May, OC (b. June 9, 1954, Hartford, Connecticut) is the current leader of the Green Party of Canada. In the 2008 Federal Election, she was defeated by Conservative Defense Minister Peter MacKay (46.6%), achieving 32.2% of the vote, and finishing second of the five candidates in the riding of Central Nova. She is also an environmentalist, writer, activist and lawyer. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.
In 1989, May became the founding executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada. May sits on the boards of the International Institute of Sustainable Development and Prevent Cancer Now! She is also a former vice-chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
In 2001, May went on a 17-day hunger strike to ...
Green party Leader Elizabeth May wondered Thursday how much better Canadian communities would be if there was better planning at the top levels of government.
May was speaking at the annual meeting of Canadian Association of Planning Students held at the University of Guelph. The conference, attended by 185 planning students from across the country, runs from Thursday to Saturday.
May did not attend the conference in person. She spoke via Skype on the internet.
May went on at length about how she felt the federal government’s stimulus package did not address the need for more and ...
cici - in poll Elizabeth May Leading a federal party that doesn’t have a seat in the House of Commons must be a frustrating state of affairs for May. With years of failed policies and ignored warnings about climate change and environmental policies, May’s vision of a sustainable Canada is not in sync with the policies of today.“If we cared as much about the climate crisis as we cared about intellectual property rights, we could have a global agreement with teeth that constrained every country in the world from dumping pollution for free into the global commons, which is our atmosphere,” said May on ...
taktek - in poll Elizabeth May
