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Climate: Time to do what is necessary
Blog | Monday, 25 Apr 2016I write this from the train heading back from New York to Canada. The last time I made this trip was September 2014, coming home from the Peoples’ Climate March. My daughter and I marched with over...
Budget Submission to Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Blog | Thursday, 25 Feb 2016The following is a budget submission from Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, to Minister of Finance Bill Morneau. Dear Minister, Thank you for the opportunity to submit budgetary...
Unravelling the nightmarish Gordian Knot of Syria
Blog | Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016The Liberal government has followed through on its campaign commitment to pull Canadian CF-18 fighter jets out of Iraq and Syria. Simultaneously, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that we will be...
Season's Greetings from Elizabeth May
Blog | Monday, 21 Dec 2015A holiday message from Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May
COP21 Final Blog - Day 13
Blog | Sunday, 13 Dec 2015The morning after 13 days- 3 all nighters… And the Paris Agreement is accepted. The COP21 decision is agreed. What does it all mean? I have been working on climate for the last 29 years. In that...
COP21 Blog Update - Day 12
Blog | Saturday, 12 Dec 2015Yesterday, December 11th, was a day of suspended animation. So forgive me for not writing my daily blog yesterday. To make up for it, you'll likely get two today. At 5:30 AM Friday the all-night "...
COP21 Blog Update - December 10
Blog | Thursday, 10 Dec 2015After 5 hours of commentary, complaint and suggested possibilities for compromise, the informal round of talks called an "indaba" broke up at 5 am. If President Fabius (who personally chaired this...
COP21 Blog Update
Blog | Wednesday, 09 Dec 2015A brief blog today. The talks were mostly off-line – one to one (or rather, one COP president to a larger regional grouping, one after the other). Claire Martin had a not entirely small tragedy as a...
COP21 – negotiations move behind closed doors - Day 8
Blog | Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015Monday December 7th was the official opening of the High-Level segment. In the normal rhythm of the COPs, this would have been a big day with ministers of environment from around the world, and the...
COP21 moves to new phase - Day 7
Blog | Monday, 07 Dec 2015Sunday and COP21 moved to the working groups to review cross-cutting issues. There were four groups announced by COP President Fabius last night, with another announced today – adaptation. We also...