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Elizabeth May

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Green Party

Saanich—Gulf Islands
British Columbia
Voting Attendance: 61%
Expenses Last Quarter: $201,868.20

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Context: House Hansard - 294 - Mar/22/24

Mar/22/24 12:11:04 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am rising at my first opportunity on a point of order related to decorum in this place, and I specifically reference Standing Order 10 and Standing Order 16, arising from the extreme levels of noise, chanting, banging and other things that disrupted decorum during last night's votes. The first vote was on an opposition motion, and then there were numerous votes related to matters of supply put forward by the President of the Treasury Board. It was impossible to hear the names of the members as they stood to vote. It created confusion, and I am trying to find the exact rule that deals with how we should conduct ourselves while votes are taking place. I do think Standing Order 16 is the most relevant, that “When the Speaker is putting a question, no member shall enter, walk out of or across the House, or make any noise or disturbance.” I hope the Speaker can provide guidance so that members will know how to conduct themselves while votes are taking place.

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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23

Ms. Elizabeth May

May/16/23 3:39:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the votes and votes no.

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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23

Ms. Elizabeth May

May/16/23 3:34:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not object to applying the vote, but it appeared that we were not going to have a chance to say how we would vote when applying. This is the question I would like to pose to the House: Can we agree to apply, and then go around as usual and not assume the votes are exactly the same?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Mar/27/23 10:34:41 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, as the hon. member for Oshawa was speaking, all I could think is that somewhere there is a Liberal war room clipping all of that to use in ads to make sure no one votes Conservative.

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Context: House Hansard - 166 - Mar/8/23

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)

Mar/8/23 5:08:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House to present a petition from concerned Canadians who want to see the end of first-past-the-post voting. They very specifically, in this petition, call on this place to consider the single transferable vote as the favoured approach to bringing in proportional representation. They point out that it is a riding-centric proportional system that could be seen as a compromise between those who want a preferential vote and those who want to see a riding-centric vote, those who want to make sure that we have in this country, at last, a fair voting system. They point out that under single transferable vote, voters would be represented by someone from a local multi-winner riding and they would be able to hear their views represented at a national and local level. There is a great deal of detail in this petition, so in an attempt to summarize it briefly, I will underscore that the petitioners call for the implementation of a single transferable vote with multi-winner ridings that would have between three and seven members each and that there would be single-winner ridings for areas such as the territories and Labrador. They also wish to use a weighted inclusive Gregory method for the transfer of surplus votes. It is a detailed, thoughtful petition.

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Elizabeth May