February 5, 2008
ECOSPECTIVE: Elizabeth May – born to be Green - LondonTopic.ca- Topic: public speaker
In the council chambers May spoke to the subject of Canada's role in Afghanistan, stressing the need to not pull the troops out right away, but to change the plan of action from a NATO one to that of the UN, and to return Canadian troops to the role of peace keepers, instead of combatants, returning the Canadian military to their long standing role of world-respected peacekeepers working with the citizens of that country to maintain order. Native affairs, tax shifting, GST, lowering income tax, economic reform, and the corporate realization that going green is profitable regardless of the economic-collapse, fear mongering perpetrated by our current administration, were all covered by May within two hours, demonstrating that the Green Party has platforms far beyond just the environment, as so many people believe, or would have us believe. After a plethora of candidates spoke, and May touched on the importance the Green Party already has in governing our nation, she and Jim Harris, former leader of the Green Party, introduced the Order of the Green Scarf, where anyone willing to contribute $400 or more to a local candidate would be awarded a beautiful, green scarf in recognition of their contribution to the party. At a young age she read the book Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, making her aware of the concerns of pesticides, and went on to become one of Canada's most famous environmentalist, leader of the Sierra Club of Canada, and eventually leader of the Green Party of Canada, where she placed second in the by-election vote in London North Center in 2006. May went on to describe Canada's future, one in which Canada would rise on the world stage by aggressively pursuing the issue of climate change, becoming a world leader in addressing these issues, instead of being the only country in the Kyoto Accord that has purposely reneged on it's obligations and commitments. read more
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