Watching those in power fail to take real climate action has been painful. We’ve been given a clear deadline, and we have solutions available. With the right leadership and political courage, we can fix this.
BREAKING: Green MPs will not give unanimous consent for calling Parliament together frequently until Public Health advice says it makes sense. Giving the Conservatives a spotlight in QP is not a reason to reconvene.
#cdnpoli
#GPC
#COVID19
I'm afraid it's not clear even to many in the media that - as of now- Parliament has a regular day tomorrow. All key parts of the running of parliament, all support staff, have to show up. I am appalled that Scheer would put so many at risk for partisan advantage.
#GPC
#cdnpoli
If you are watching
#QP
and hear Pierre Poilievre say the PM "lacks the courage to stand" to reply to him, the PMO sched shows PMJT is in a meeting with Indigenous leaders. PP gestures at an empty seat as though Trudeau is in the chamber and scared of him. It is a bit childish.
I am so touched by the respectful decision of the PEI Liberals, PC's, and NDP to join PEI Greens in a suspension of campaign events this weekend to mourn the loss of Green candidate Josh Underhay. Prince Edward Island is a very special place.
I believe that security clearance should be mandatory for all MPs. As a Private in the Canadian Military I was required to have it. At the very least the leaders of each political party should have Top Secret Security Clearance. Don’t run for office if you can’t get it.
This is a precious reminder. Gordon Lightfoot and me in the Amazon supporting the Kayapo & other tribes working to stop huge dam on the Xingu River. Gordon had donated his enormous talents in Canadian concerts raising $$ to support the protest. February 1989.
#RIPGordonLightfoot
Andrew Scheer is now quoting Winston Churchill to back his call for parliament to meet in person. Where was Scheer in 2008 to stand up to PMSH proroguing parliament during financial crisis?
#GPC
#cdnpoli
Andrew, Do you recognize that more Canadians are at risk due to the climate crisis than from criminals? I am all for locking up criminals, but what would you do to keep Canada safe from fires, floods, drought, ice storms, tornados and sea level rise?
My plan for
#ASaferCanada
puts victims ahead of criminals and gives our police forces the resources they need to keep our communities safe from gun and gang violence.
I am unequivocal in my support of a woman's right to a safe & legal abortion. In 2019 the only person who should be making decisions about what happens with a woman's body is that woman.
The
@CanadianGreens
have always stood for the right to choose and we will continue to do so.
It is never anything but sad when a couple announces the end of a marriage. Sending love and sympathy to
@JustinTrudeau
and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. I know how much you love your kids and am sure you will remain a beautiful family.
#love
Credit to
@JustinTrudeau
for clear communication, sombre tone in sharing such painful news. That this was a missile strike makes this deep tragedy more complex.
#GPC
#UkrainianPlaneCrash
I just went to
@CBCNews
website - no mention of hundreds of thousands of Canadian kids marching.
@globeandmail
only mentioned other countries'
#climatestrike
. Our media can do better.
#GPC
I mean, a million kids in more than 100 countries took to the streets to demand a future where they can simply exist -- while up against the most powerful industry in world history and facing a civilization-threatening emergency.
Seems like that should make the fucking news.
I’m disappointed to say that I am currently the only party leader in the House of Commons for the
#ClimateEmergency
debate... this is a national security issue, it is time we started treating it as one.
Jason, You should have asked me. I was at COP24 for work, took the train for 2 days to get to Italy to see my son and daughter in law who are there on Sabbatical. You know me. I walk the talk. Elizabeth
Very happy for Liz & John, but on the big international air travel, yet another case of 'do as I say, not as I do.'
Isn't this so often the case with these 'green' crusaders...
Tested positive 4
#COVID
yesterday, Been in Ottawa since Mar 20. Rates here are crazy high. Isolated when I started feeling unwell. This illness is no joke. I do not think i'll be hospitalized, but very sick. And angry. Too many people unmasked.
#staysafe
#GPC
#cdnpoli
A small group of MP's in Ottawa does not represent the country as a whole. We need a system that lets all MP's represent their communities. Let's follow the example of other countries, virtual parliaments, and work together -respecting public health advice!
#cdnpoli
#GPC
#COVID19
To clarify, Greens have not seen any new proposal, but we will stand on principle. As public health experts tell Canadians to stay home, so should MPs. Parliament can meet virtually, unless we need to pass new law.
#GPC
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
I have not taken an airplane for vacation in over 13 years. I drive a hybrid electric. I have lobbied parliament to get a change in our schedule so that MPs would not have so much air travel required for work. I am vegetarian. I know I could do more. Working on it.
#GPC
Jason, You should have asked me. I was at COP24 for work, took the train for 2 days to get to Italy to see my son and daughter in law who are there on Sabbatical. You know me. I walk the talk. Elizabeth
Amazing how Conservatives who have just launched debate on China in the House have completely forgotten Harper's cabinet approval, with NO vote in Parliament, selling Canada down the river with the
#FIPA
with China.
#cdnpoli
#GPC
He also did not wear a mask when he did not practice distancing on the free flight to Ottawa with all 7 Scheers on board. I really wonder if he grasps that we are in a pandemic.
#GPC
#COVID19
So I've been voting for 21 hours now. The leader here the least is Scheer. Last vote was 95-44, so less than half of MPs are here. I support getting answers on
#SNCLavalin
but this will not work.
#GPC
#cdnpoli
So Andrew Scheer says "if I can take my dog to an animal groomer...surely MPs should be able to show up for work." Well, I just took my dog to the doggie salon- wearing my mask. One customer at a time. by appointment only. 1/3
#GPC
#cdnpoli
Heartbreaking news that a truly great warrior for justice has died. Ruth Bader Ginsburg lost her fight to outlive the Trump presidency. Lord help the United States.
#RIP
#GPC
It is remarkable that Andrew Scheer refuses to recognize that pricing pollution has to be part of the strategy. Not the whole strategy, but a key and necessary element.
Thinking of you
@BernieSanders
and hoping you are on the mend!
This photo was taken in Washington D.C. when Bernie and I were fighting to oppose Keystone XL pipeline.
I rent two apartments; One for doing my job in Ottawa. One is my permanent residence in Sidney. I don't own any property. My fiance has a farm and keeps a flat in Vancouver, mostly devoted to the home of his daughter and grandchildren. Not the impression you want to create.
JUST RELEASED -> New poll on what Canadians think of the party leaders. This is one of my favourites. I think it tells us a lot about what people know and think of three main party leaders.
#cdnpoli
I cannot wait to welcome
@paulmanly
to Parliament! Reinforcements at last! Thanks to an amazing team of dedicated volunteers! Thanks to the voters of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. You did it!
#GPC
#NanaimoLadysmith
Until he receives - and absorbs - a serious climate briefing from scientific experts, Scheer has nothing to say. Advice to Scheer : educate yourself fast. Climate crisis is not a wedge issue. It's an existential threat.
#GPC
#climate
Suppose a politician decided smoking is good for you, would doctors have to register as third parties in an election to stress importance of kicking the habit? Elections Canada must reconsider.
#climate
#GPC
Memo to Pierre Poilievre - you need to re-do your housing hell video in light of Economist magazine finding that the most livable and cheapest cities in North America are in Canada!
#factsMatter
#cdnpoli
@CanadianGreens
I am deeply shocked by the racism shown in the photograph of Justin Trudeau. He must apologize for the harm done and commit to learning and appreciating the requirement to model social justice leadership at all levels of government. In this matter he has failed.
Green Party exclusive middle seat in economy fully loaded! My husband
@kidderjohn
and I are off to Ottawa for my preparations for
#leadersdebate2019
. Watch as I try to add peace and loving kindness to 5 angry men. :)
#GPC
We cannot bail-out oil sands from the Saudi-Russian price war. We can and must help workers and stimulate Alberta economy by expanding non-fossil fuel opportunities.
#COVID19
is not an excuse for abandoning
#climate
action.
#GPC
The systemic racism of law enforcement is on full display in Washington DC right now. Had the protest been
#BlackLivesMatter
instead of
#MAGA
thugs they would never have been allowed to breach barriers. They are threatening lawmakers inside Congress.
#ArrestThemAllNow
#GPC
In 2015,
@JustinTrudeau
said more debates were healthier for democracy. Why isn't he showing up tonight?
In 2015, he also said he wanted his daughter to see a woman on stage, so I should always be included. Yet he's attending the TVA debate knowing full well I was not invited.
Please do the responsible thing and join other parties to write the speaker and extend adjournment. For QP, let's do it virtually. We can figure this out.
#cdnpoli
#GPC
#COVID19
@ElizabethMay
We have no agreement Elizabeth and that means we are coming back Monday. All of us.That’s wrong and irresponsible. Please tell me why a few MPs can’t meet 3 days a week to work for Canadians? We have already done it and keep doing it.
Urgent question to Justin Trudeau: What about the word "emergency" do you not understand? We have almost no time left to hold to 1.5 degrees C. This decision is a bet against our future.
#NOTMX
#climate
#GPC
This is what we're up against. If humanity doesn't transition off fossil fuels (before the next election) the earth will heat to unsafe levels and there will be climate catastrophe.
Andrew Scheer has failed to make a compelling case for in person sittings. Greens remain committed to following public health advice and operating a virtual parliament.
#GPC
#cdnpoli
#GPC
Scheer says he hopes the other parties (Liberal, BQ, NDP) will agree to the Conservatives’ proposal. The BQ and the NDP have already agreed to the Liberals’ proposal, according to
@pablorodriguez
1/2
Just heard the news of the passing of the Rt Hon Brian Mulroney - still the Greenest PM in our history. He was always so very kind and generous as a leader and a friend. Deepest sympathy to the whole family.
#RIPBrianMulroney
.
Today in Parliament I argued that post
#COVID19
we need to bounce forward- not back. We need to end inequality, improve health care and chart the course to 1.5 degrees C and a net zero world.
#GPC
Happy wedding day to
@ElizabethMay
and
@kidderjohn
. Wishing them many years of happiness. Here's the piece I wrote a few months about their whirlwind romance:
#cdnpoli
Climate change is not an environmental issue, it is the gravest security threat the world has ever seen.
That is why I am proud to have launched Mission: Possible - the Green Climate Action Plan.
#GPCMissionPossible
#GreenNewDeal
#cdnpoli
Ethics Commish report makes it clear PM owes
@Puglaas
apology. He owes Canadians an apology. But the issue does not end with the PM. We need a full inquiry. The government system as a whole - failure to ensure the PM got sound legal advice - needs an inquiry.
#SNCLavalin
#GPC
Historic! First full meeting of parliament- virtually! Today is a dry run and technical briefing. So far we are all so happy to see each other !
#HOC
#CPVID19
.
#GPC
(1/8)
#RIP
Chantel Moore. 26 year old Indigenous woman from Tofino, BC, killed by Edmundston NB police in early hours today. Investigation has been ordered.
#IndigenousLivesMatter
#MMIWG
#GPC
Happy
#MothersDay
to all my fellow mothers across Canada. Being a mother is one of the greatest joys of my life, and it inspires me every day to fight harder for our future.
Really happy to confirm that Harry Potter was thoroughly vetted and is an official
#GPC
candidate. The offences of his youth in practicing under-age magic were reviewed and he confirmed that, at the time, he didn't know it was wrong.
#elxn2019
#elxn43
A military member stormed Capitol- tragically killed. Couldn't happen here? In July, member of our armed forces smashed thru gates of Rideau Hall - intent on killing PM. Fortunately, arrested. We must purge police/military of conspiracy theory, racist, extremists.
#GPC
#cdnpoli
We will have to agree to disagree. We can absolutely have accountability virtually. We could QP on zoom, just as we are now doing for Standing Committees. We should follow public health advice.
#cdnpoli
#GPC
#COVID19
Justin Trudeau is disingenuous in implying Andrew Scheer wants House of Commons to resume with all MPs present. Scheer wants more face-to-face meetings but with much smaller numbers of MPs present. I'm with Scheer on this. Distancing and democracy are fully compatible.
#cdnpoli
NDP
@theJagmeetSingh
would lower the voting age from 18 to 16. He says he hope that would encourage more young people to vote and it could become a part of the High school curriculum.
#cdnpoli
#elxn43
#canadavotes
We need to pass Bill
#S203
unamended ASAP.
The premise is simple - keeping whales and dolphins in captivity is cruel because of their intelligence, emotions, sociability and roaming lifestyles.
Children understand this, it is time politicians did the same.
#cndpoli
I am thrilled Bill
#S203
has passed committee with no amendments! Thank you to the Liberal and NDP committee members for resisting pressure to stall this legislation. Now back to the House of Commons for the final hours of debate, then Royal Assent!
#cdnpoli
#FreeWilly
This message warrants condemnation from fair minded Cdns. Today, as a grateful immigrant to this country which has taught me so much about equality & tolerance, I ask
@JustinTrudeau
@AndrewScheer
@theJagmeetSingh
&
@ElizabethMay
to say NO to this message on this billboard.
I am NOT on an Andrew Scheer bandwagon. On climate alone, he is unfit to govern. Wanting to eliminate corporate influence in high places, to ensure criminal cases are not derailed due to such influence, is fundamental to our democracy.
#GPC
#snclavalinscandal
So, in the last 72 hours,
@ElizabethMay
and
@theJagmeetSingh
have both jumped on the Andrew Sheer Bandwagon, Just as Andy jumped on the Pizzagate/
@HillaryClinton
train. So, seriously? what are we all suppose to do with that ?
We have a choice. You could go yourself to meet with hereditary leadership. You could ask Coastal Gas Link for a cooling down space with no activity to allow talks to take place. I cannot see how it can be said the government has exhausted options.
#WetsuwetenStong
#GPC
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
says it's been two weeks since the protests started and it's time “... the barricades need to come down now... We have no choice but to stop making the same overtures.. The injunctions must be obeyed."
#Wetsuweten
Here’s a DM from someone who doesn’t share my political philosophy. Ironic that he manages to stigmatize my husband’s illness while attempting to insult me.
These words from Arnold Chan, from his last speech in the House, remain one of the most humbling moments of my life.
My friend and fellow Parliamentarian from the Liberals often reminded us to treat democracy with the dignity it deserves.
His passing was a loss to our country.
Fluently bilingual. Wears an earpiece to a committee hearing. Seems legit.
Please post in picture or GIF form who could be speaking into Trudeau's ear.
#Cdnpoli
#WEscandal
@JustinTrudeau
I refuse to be yet another person looking to the kids for hope, when it is us—mentors and educators, leaders and activists, mothers and workers—who must provide hope for the younger generations.
Just voted for a bill for government help shut down oil and gas wells. We need to shut down the whole fossil fuel sector. The bill needs some work in committee but it is moving in the right direction. Money to shut down industry is not a subsidy.
#GPC
#climate
Canadians need answers on the
#SNCLavalinScandal
.
➡️ Where did the 9,000 jobs lost number come from?
➡️ What role did the Clerk play in pressuring the Attorney General?
➡️ Will we have a public inquiry?
We have to hope that there is zero bail out for fossil fuel production, but that workers get paid to start the massive job of oil-sands and orphan well clean-up. We'll see.
#COVID19
#GPC
#cdnpoli
You’re telling me in the midst of the coronavirus crisis I could also compound the climate crisis by shovelling money at a death drive industry whose five biggest corporations made $15 billion in profit in the first part of 2019? Don’t mind if I do
Having known you for the last 30 years, count me as a friend who assumed, but respected your privacy. This must have been a hard article to write, but I am so glad you decided to see how life can be fuller on the other side of the closet door. Much love.
Dear Ottawa residents and friends, I have some personal news I wish to share with you. I invite you to read my Op-Ed in today’s
@OttawaCitizen
:
#Pride
"If there is not enough childcare, mothers are the most likely to stay home from work. This is an economic blow that we can't risk, and a step backwards in women's rights that we can't accept. We need childcare for every child and we need to be creative about how we get there."
Honoured to meet Greta Thunberg in today's climate march. We must not abandon our children. Canada must increase our climate target to meet
@IPCC_CH
advice!
#GPC
#ClimateStrike
It was very distressing. I tried to raise a point of order, but the Speaker ignored my effort to remind the CPC MPs of the litany of rules they were breaking. They should have been removed by the Sargeant at Arms.
. And where was The Speaker in all of this? A very sad day for the House of Commons. An edifying experience for no one involved particularly the Opposition who seemed to ha e forgotten that one good question is worth 1000 decibels .
@ElizabethMay
Canada wouldn't exist without Sir John A. MacDonald. We will not build a better future by defacing our past.
It's time politicians grow a backbone and stand up for Canada.