Monthly Archives: January 2020

Wet’suwet’en and “Rule of Law” (Jan. 26, 2020)

[Written by Elizabeth May]

Good Sunday Morning!

Last night was my last community meeting for January.  Today I head back to Ottawa for the resumption of Parliament.  Despite a round of significant winter storms, we only had to cancel one of the nine planned gatherings. We will be holding Saturna Island’s meeting in February and we have added another meeting for Sidney as well as so few people were able to make it as the snow kept falling. Continue reading Wet’suwet’en and “Rule of Law” (Jan. 26, 2020)

Court challenges to stop TMX (Jan. 19, 2020)

[Written by Elizabeth May]

Good Sunday Morning!

Depending on where you are in Canada, you are likely dealing with one form of unpredictable extreme weather or another.  For those of us on southern Vancouver Island, folks in Winnipeg and St. John’s are entitled to think we are a bunch of wimps who cannot handle winter. But, honestly, as a Cape Breton girl used to fierce winds and howling blizzards, what we had here this week was just as cold and stormy as a bad snow day anywhere I have lived.  Here’s hoping you are reading this somewhere warm and cozy. Continue reading Court challenges to stop TMX (Jan. 19, 2020)

Tragedy in Iran (Jan. 12, 2020)

[Written by Elizabeth May]

A Hard Morning!

It is not possible to write a cheery “Good Sunday Morning” after the multiple tragedies of this week. As a country, we are in mourning with deep pockets of grief in ever widening circles around each victim. We grieve with increasing intensity as we learn more of the individual lives cut short by the missile strike against a civilian airliner. Continue reading Tragedy in Iran (Jan. 12, 2020)