Green Party of Canada

Joining me to talk about the trade war and the war wars that are going on in the world, and the craziness of a BC election that didn't have to be called, is none other than Elizabeth May.

She is the co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.

Most people, though, know her just as Elizabeth May, who has been a, a real figure in our Parliament for so long, well-respected by all parties, so a true statesperson to have back here on the O Show.

Elizabeth, welcome back to the pod.

And you know, and, and the really, the, the tragedy of the, all of this is, Dimitri, that, you know, here was an opportunity, uh, to, you know, political opportunity like in oodles, right? The e- every Canad- every last Canadian, you know, was basically ready to reorient the Canadian economy away from the United States in a more social democratic fashion.

Precisely the program, Dimitri, that we drew up when you were fighting for the leadership of the, uh, uh, uh, Green Party of Canada, and, and came within a hair of winning had you not been attacked for being anti-Semitic for your support for, for Palestine, which is what they do to leftist leaders everywhere.

But anyway, the, this exact program, pro-anti neoliberal, expanding the Canadian market itself by expanding the welfare state, addressing all the, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, need that still exists unfortunately in Canada, including among indigenous communities, um, uh, uh, uh, increase, supporting unions, supporting higher wages, making public investment, making public investment in industrial innovation, regulating finance to make it, you know, focus on productive investment rather than speculation, et cetera.

All of this combined with a radical reorientation of our foreign policy, uh, uh, i- in the direction of the moral foreign policy that Canadians want, because that's why they pretend that it's moral, because they want to fool Canadians, because that is what Canadian, Canadians want.

... and escalate the war.

Uh, you know, I, as you mentioned, I actually ran to be the leader of the Green Party of Canada-

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... and, uh, that was the only time that I ever run to be the leader of a political party.

On the peninsula, Saanich North and the islands.

This is the federal riding that's currently held by the Green Party of Canada with Elizabeth May.

The overlap isn't perfect in terms of the borders for SGI and SNI.

Saanich Gulf Islands is the federal one.

Then at 4.30, the recreational lobster fishery.

Will it work? Well, the Green Party certainly thinks so.

And we'll also be speaking with another federal political party leader.

That is Elizabeth May.

And welcome back to the Tim Power Show.

Zach Power filling in for Tim.

A petition has hit the floor in the House of Commons, that by the leader of the federal Green Party.

And joining me now is the leader of that party and the MP for Saanich Gulf Islands.

You know, the sort of Victoria Beacon Hill style Green Party ethos isn't necessarily the Saanich North and the Islands Green Party ethos.

It's not the really Green Party of Canada-style ethos.

And Elizabeth May has held that riding ever since 2011, and she'll hold it as long as she wants to hold it.

That's one of the positions that I've taken.

It was a great honor to have Pierre Polyev on, and I do want to point out, because somebody did ask, yes, absolutely.

the leader of the federal liberals, Mark Carney, the leader of the NDP, Avi Lewis, and the leader of the Green Party, Elizabeth May.

They are welcome to come on this pod anytime they want to.

Just like I gave Pierre Polyev the time yesterday, I want to be as balanced as I can while acknowledging I do have a bias.

I said earlier, the door is open if they want to come on the podcast.

Well, they haven't so far.

So let's hear from the NDP and the Bloc Québécois and the Green Party since yesterday was mainly dedicated to Pierre Polyev.

This is Avi Lewis, leader of the federal NDP.