Elizabeth May Quotes

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Elizabeth May

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 9, 1954

The real dynamic is that when Greens are in the debates, Conservatives don't do as well.

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I was known as an activist, described by CBC's 'The Fifth Estate' as 'the 23-year-old waitress who stopped the pulp company dead in its tracks.' Without knowing it was even possible, my activism helped me gain admission to Dalhousie University law school.

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We appeal to Conservatives who just can't see themselves voting for the corruption and the scandals and the contempt of parliamentary institutions. And of course, we also appeal to people in other parties who are disappointed in their own leadership.

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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.

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It's not a big deal for me to be leader of the Green Party. It is a big deal for me to represent the voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

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I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections.

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I don't love being Leader of the Green Party. It is not really something I'd recommend to a good friend. It's not fun.

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Politics is awful.

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I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.

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

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I would rather not to have to fly across the country at all, but obviously, as a federal party leader, I do.

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I would love to focus on writing books that were not just about issues.

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I actually find that Canadians are incredibly interested in democracy, and alarmed when they realize that the Prime Minister's Office is controlling virtually everything that goes on within the federal government.

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

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People who are good at maintaining a deep oil well will also be very helpful in converting it to a geothermal green energy source. People who have been laying pipe, it's the same skill as putting up a wind turbine.

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God, we don't have nearly enough skilled carpenters, electricians, plumbers for the work that needs to be done in taking every single building in Canada and making it carbon-zero, a net-neutral building, by improving insulation, modernizing furnaces, improving the geothermal possibilities, heat pumps.

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I know that when I was on my hunger strike, I reacted very negatively to people telling me what I should and shouldn't do.

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We oppose any pipeline whose sole purpose is to export bitumen from Canada to make profits in other countries.

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