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GREEN MACHINE
May (left) has the
support of Saanich–
Gulf Islands con-
stituents. Now she
must convince the
rest of the country
the meantime, May will be promoting her
20-step climate action plan, Mission: Pos-
sible, released in the spring. Although it's
unclear how feasible the plan is, she claims it
would deliver an economic boost while help-
ing fight the climate crisis. She also recog-
nizes that implementing it would be tough,
requiring the all-hands-on-deck approach
taken by Second World War governments.
When May reaches the podium, she men-
tions she's just back from speaking at a high
school graduation in Victoria —it's the end of
June, a week after Parliament closed for sum-
mer recess. She outlines the purpose of the
meeting, saying, "I report to my constituents
because you are collectively, some 100,000
of you, my boss, and it's very hard to get
instructions from the boss when you don't
sit down to have a conversation." She then
provides lively and lengthy details of what
happened in Parliament, which bills did and
didn't pass, and what she thinks of them.
Before opening the floor to questions,
May sums up her past four years as MP (she
was elected in 2011 and 2015): "I've worked
on 32 bills that went to the House of Com-
mons, I've tabled 507 amendments, and
14 of them made it into law. That's not bad.
Most MPs never get any bills accepted as
amendments."
OCTOBER 2019 BCBUSINESS 55 COURTESY OF THE GREEN PARTY OF CANADA
