A biography for Elizabeth Mayhasn’t been written yet.
“To improve humanity's chances of survival, it is critical that Canada assume a leadership role, first ramping up our own ambition and then pushing for more ambition overall in global negotiations.”
“Sometimes the memories we cling hardest to are the ones that hurt us the most.”
“I don't like protecting pharmaceutical industries and increasing their profits and making our drugs cost more. If the U.S. Democrats could get rid of those problems I'd be much happier.”
“I would rather not to have to fly across the country at all, but obviously, as a federal party leader, I do.”
“The safest way to ship bitumen is by rail. Now, there are other things that you get doing it that way. There's probably more greenhouse gases in shipping it by rail. I think certainly there are.”
“I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.”
“I was part of Environment Canada's work to stop acid rain, create national parks, clean up the Great Lakes, develop new environmental legislation and negotiate the treaty that saved the ozone layer.”
“If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence, which is the kindest thing I can say about it.”
“The Lester B. Pearson era is what I hope to replicate.”
“But Alberta has the best potential of any province for solar energy. It has enormous potential for wind power. And so replacing coal in Alberta with wind and solar is totally doable, and good for their economy.”
“My funny speech wasn't funny. That's not the first time a politician has done that.”
“I never heckle. I never swear.”
“Politicians in Canada should not put their religion on their sleeve.”
“I believed Justin Trudeau in 2015. I thought he would be a climate leader. I was wrong.”
“The National Energy Board process was completely flawed. It didn't allow interveners to do cross-examination, and they said we could do paper questions.”
“We were the first party to call for equal marriage.”
“I really think a minority Parliament delivers better democracy in Canada when parties are prepared to cooperate.”
“For all my life I have had a deep connection to the natural world.”
“I stick to stuff I'm pretty sure of and I know this: when the price of a barrel of oil is under $80 a barrel and you build a pipeline, you are driving up greenhouse gases.”
“One thing is that you won't get climate action without equity, and Greens around the world have always understood this. This has been the dividing point between the green party of France and Emmanuel Macron: You can't get climate policy without equity.”