During Elizabeth May’s speech at Concordia University, it became obvious that May is passionate about two things: the environment and increasing the number of women in politics. The following excerpts were chosen in order to display May’s feelings on these specific subject matters.
Look out for these interesting quotes:
"Harper is still trying to convince the majority of Canadians that he's not scary." - (5:30) - This quote speaks for itself.
"Latch on to an NGO, or find credible scientists and latch on to them." - (3:30) - May's advice for aspiring environmental journalists.
"Chemicals are innocent until proven guilty." - (2:11) - Part of May's rant on the need to eliminate chemicals from the environment.
"I'm running against Peter Mackay because I can win there." - (0:10) - May's goodbye quote.
Now here's Part 2 of Elizabeth May's speech.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Elizabeth May Speech: Part 2
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8 blustery comments:
Stephanie,
It's really well-filmed. I noticed you didn't include my question to May about Kyoto II - the post-2012 treaty that would set emissions targets for developing countries. I don't want to see it included just because I asked the question and I want a bit of fame(!), but because I thought May's response was interesting. How about adding it?
Nick
As Kyoto II or 2 appears to be vital to the future of fighting global warming, I thought I'd leave some links to more information on a possible new treaty. Here is a link to a BBC article by an environmental campaigner on what Kyoto 2 would look like. This is a link to the Kyoto 2 website. It's not an official UNFCCC one, but, like the BBC opinion piece, more of a set of proposals.
Nick
Nick,
YouTube only allows you 10 minutes per video, and I already edited the question period to 8 minutes. If I added your question and May's answer it would have definitely gone over the limit. Sorry about that! Great question though!
I think you need to remember your audience here. This is appearing on a site about climate change so I would have skipped the question on women and gone with Nick's question about climate change.
Also, how does she know so much about journalism? Was she once a journalist?
The reason I decided to go with the question on women is because I had the entire question and answer filmed. I didn't get to Nick quick enough - so you can't hear part of his question. It was simply an editing choice.
Ann: Elizabeth has written several long-form investigative exposes that are journalistic in scope, including At the cutting edge: The crisis in Canada's forests and Frederick Street: Life and Death on Canada's Love Canal, about the Sydney Tar Ponds.
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