Elizabeth May

I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen. ”

ncrementalism is out, and doing deals with people just for power, when our children's futures at stake is not something I will ever do. ”

Within the Green Party, we have candidates from every faith and religion and a lot who don't believe there is a God and wonder why anyone would be so foolish as to think so. And everyone is respected and welcome. ”

For all my life I have had a deep connection to the natural world. ”

I wanted to repeat we cannot vote confidence at any point on a confidence motion in a government that fails to have a climate target that's ground in science and consistent with what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we must do. ”

Women care about a wide range of issues - climate change, social justice. What the Green Party tries to do is apply gender analysis to a whole lot of questions that people might not think of as women's issues. For instance, women in developing countries are the most vulnerable to climate crisis. ”

I think the words 'vote strategically' translates in the human brain to: 'Oh I can't vote for what I want.' And that's discouraging. ”

I'm not interested in a balance of power in order to have power for the Green party. What I'm interested in is the balance of responsibility. ”

It's clear that the Green party loves Quebecers deeply. At the same time, we are Canadians! ”

I'm a sort of in the moment, good on my feet kind of person. ”