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The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Reports of the detention of an American journalist trying to cross into Canada for a speaking engagement have prompted outrage within the Green Party of Canada. Amy Goodman was kept at a British Columbia border crossing for over an hour,...
CalgaryGrit (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
An exclusive look at Elizabeth May's Christmas letter, after posting ones for Harper , Ignatieff , and Layton earlier this week. Friends, Hi, it’s me - Elizabeth May. From the Green Party. I was the lady in the debates last year. I know you’ve probably been wondering what I’ve been up to. It’s not that I’ve been quiet, it’s that the media continues to unfairly ignore...
Clean Break (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I’ve just returned from the Munk Debate featuring Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Guardian columnist and Heat author George Monbiot, the skeptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg, and British global-warming skeptic and author Nigel Lawson, who insists on having “Lord” precede his name. At debate was the following statement: “Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis,...
Hell, Upside Down (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
I just got a link to this clip in my email. This so-called debate on the Alberta Tar Sands comes across more as a two-against-one gang up of Tar Sands apologists versus Elizabeth May. With rumblings of a climate protest boycott being organized against the Olympics in Vancouver, possible ejection from the Commonwealth , pressure from the UN and campaigns being organized against Canada around the world,...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Elizabeth May would be in the running for prime minister if the electorate was made up of only 18 to 25-year-olds, an EKOS poll finds
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Why did almost every country buy into possibly bogus science? By Peter Foster Y ou’ve got to feel almost sorry for Elizabeth May and George Monbiot. The leader of the Green Party and the prominent columnist and promoter of catastrophic climate change from Britain’s Guardian are due, next Tuesday, to debate Danish academic Bjorn Lomborg and former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A former environment journalist has been named deputy leader of Canada's Green Party.
democraticSPACE (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Disturbing news out of the Green Party: the GPC Campaign Committee has recommended to the party’s Federal Council that Elizabeth May’s leadership term be extended, from the constitutionally mandated 4 years (which would require a leadership vote by end of August 2010) to an open-ended “6 months after the next general election.” At issue is [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Elizabeth May is to name a deputy, which should end some speculation about Dion’s wife - over whom Liberals are still smarting
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Back in January, I wrote that the Liberal Party faced a serious problem in the aftermath of Stephane Dion's disastrous leadership coup mounted by Michael Ignatieff to take over the leadership of the Liberal Party without a vote. The problem was the fury of Canada's left , both within the Liberal Party and those outside of it, which had come so tantalizingly close to achieving power, only to see it...
Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Green Party has consistently opposed the war in Afghanistan. In common with the majority of British opinion, we want to see the NATO troops withdrawn. An IPSOS Mori poll in July found that 41% wanted to stay in Afghanistan, and 51% wanted our troops withdrawn. We are not alone. According to a November 11th poll, 58 percent of Americans oppose the conflict. Of Afghans themselves, a poll in February...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The Calgary Enterprise Forum Society is hosing the following debate: “Is the development of the oilsands ultimately irreconcilable with the environmental agenda?” Panelists: Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada Murray D. Smith, Former Alberta Energy Minister Deborah...
Russ Campbell's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
H ere’s my improbable forecast for the next 16 months: the Grits dump Michael Ignatieff, appoint/anoint Toronto MP Bob Rae as leader, merge with the NDP (at least the right-most elements of that hapless party) and force a general election. Sound improbable? I agree. However, politics can be full of surprises, especially when one party, the New Democrats, has never won a federal election and...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
YouTube - Copenhagen: The Turning Point 1 of 5 Elizabeth May speaks about the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change 2009. The Urgency; denial and other problems; the atmospheric chemistry; global warming and greenhouse gases; Canada's not ready... China's big coal province disrupted by snow | Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of vehicles have been trapped on roads after two days of snow in China's...
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
" I am a bit surprised that other parties didn't seem to make any impact in these elections. By-elections are a natural stalking ground for Green parties, for example. But they seemed to be almost invisible this time. Wonder why. Didn't look like they even made an effort. Where was Elizabeth May over the past few weeks?"
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