Elizabeth Evans May is an American-born 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.
While May's family home is in Margaree Harbour, Cape Breton Island she moved her permanent residence to Sidney, British Columbia, in 2010. On May 2, 2011, she became the first member of the Green Party of Canada to be elected as a Member of Parliament.In the Federal election on October 19, 2015, Elizabeth May was re-elected in the riding of Saanich–Gulf Islands, being the only Green Party member to win a seat. Prior to this election, May had been invited to participate in two of the leaders' debates: one hosted by Maclean's magazine on August 6, 2015, and the first French language debate hosted by Radio-Canada on September 24, 2015. However, May was excluded from the other two debates. After being advised of the exclusion from the September 28, 2015 Munk Debate on Canada’s Foreign Policy, May took her message to social media where she criticized the Harper government on Twitter.May is an Earth Charter International Commission member.
“Three of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence.”
Introduction, p. 10-11
Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009)
Kontext: Three of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence. It's just that any system of government has it pluses and minuses and it's important to understand the system of government you do live under so that you can protect it.
The Walrus interview (2012)
“Countries with high voting rates also have high levels of political knowledge.”
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 6, What If They held an Election and No One Came?, p. 159
“I participate, therefore I am.”
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 1, The Degradation of Canadian Democracy, p. 15
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 2, Parliament as Anachronism?, p. 54
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 3, The Americanization of Our Election Process, p. 91
The Walrus interview (2012)
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 5, Police State?, p. 124
Introduction, p. 8
Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009)
Zdroj: Losing Confidence - Power, politics, And The Crisis In Canadian Democracy (2009), Chapter 4, Democracy and the Media, p. 123
