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I never heckle. I never swear.
I don't use the word 'lying' easily.
First and foremost we are Earthlings.
I loved practising law when I practised law.
The oilsands will be phased out by 2030 or 2035.
Democracy is too important to be left to politicians.
The Lester B. Pearson era is what I hope to replicate.
It doesn't make sense to have a bitumen export economy.
For all my life I have had a deep connection to the natural world.
Politicians in Canada should not put their religion on their sleeve.
I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.
Anyone can have a bad night and anyone can have a bad attempt at comedy.
I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen.
I apologize that I made an attempt to be funny and edgy… and it didn't work.
It's very clear the Conservative party does not want to move to real climate action.
The only party that has better bragging rights than the Greens is the Bloc Quebecois.
I believed Justin Trudeau in 2015. I thought he would be a climate leader. I was wrong.
The real dynamic is that when Greens are in the debates, Conservatives don't do as well.
Ah, the first NAFTA was really, had a lot of disastrous elements for Canada's environment.
It's clear that the Green party loves Quebecers deeply. At the same time, we are Canadians!
I wouldn't want anyone to think I was less than respectful for the people with whom I work.
I've been working with every single government since June 1992 to try to get climate action.
I've been a feminist all my life, or at least as long as I've been conscious of being a woman.
I prefer the Greens to remain an opposition party that's able to hold the government to account.
For as long as we're using fossil fuels at all, globally, Canadians should be using Canadian sources.
We oppose any pipeline whose sole purpose is to export bitumen from Canada to make profits in other countries.
I don't think that, you know, adherence to ignorance is really something that encourages voters to support you.
I really think a minority Parliament delivers better democracy in Canada when parties are prepared to cooperate.
And of course the Green Party wants to remove carcinogens from our food, our cosmetics, our backyard pesticides.
I don't love being Leader of the Green Party. It is not really something I'd recommend to a good friend. It's not fun.
The greatest level of hostility and venom, really, is between parties closest to each other on the political spectrum.
I know that when I was on my hunger strike, I reacted very negatively to people telling me what I should and shouldn't do.
The movement across Canada to fight toxic chemicals is a women's movement. It's a concern about health; it's very intimate.
We cannot ever accept a government that thinks they can get away with tiny targets on climate which they then don't achieve.
It's not a big deal for me to be leader of the Green Party. It is a big deal for me to represent the voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands.
I think the words 'vote strategically' translates in the human brain to: 'Oh I can't vote for what I want.' And that's discouraging.
There's a lot I'd like to be able to talk about with relation to Stephen Harper, particularly why is he afraid to debate in English?
ncrementalism is out, and doing deals with people just for power, when our children's futures at stake is not something I will ever do.
I'm fair-minded, maybe. Maybe I bend over backward to give people too much benefit of the doubt. And I'll give credit where credit is due.
I'm a firm believer that if we could restore real parliamentary democracy, the best way to do that would be to get rid of political parties.
I'm not interested in a balance of power in order to have power for the Green party. What I'm interested in is the balance of responsibility.
We have an existential crisis, which is the climate crisis. Canada is one of the laggards in the industrialized world. Our record is terrible.
I think it's quite unlikely that I'll be the leader of the Green party going into a future election if it's on anything like a four-year timing.
The most important thing is guaranteed livable income, which will take a while to bring in because it means all the provinces have to participate.
If you're serious about climate targets, you don't build and expand the oil sands and move from coal-fired electricity to inefficient fracked gas.
The process of forming government in a minority is one where you talk to everyone and see: What do you have in common? And is there enough commonality?
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.
I want a group of Green MPs who will demonstrate to Canadians that it's possible to be respectful, ethical, hard working and actually stick to principle.
Once you got a solar panel on a roof, energy is free. Once we convert our entire electricity grid to green and renewable energy, cost of living goes down.
I've never made any statements about the abortion issue at any time in my life - never retreating one inch - from a woman's rights to legal abortion. Ever.