Pre-Election Reads: Elizabeth May
June 9, 2015 | John P. | Comments (0)
Canada has a federal election scheduled to be held on October 19, 2015. While some voters may have already decided which political party and leader to support, others have not and may be seeking information and research to help them to make a personal, informed decision. Toronto Public Library can help those individuals in a non-partisan way by providing access to collection items available for borrowing (or using) with a valid Toronto Public Library card. So let us get things started…
Elizabeth May is the current leader (since 2006) of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament (since 2011) for Saanich-Gulf Islands from the province of British Columbia. Elizabeth May had the satisfaction of seeing her private member’s bill, Bill C-442, Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Act, pass unanimously in both the House of Commons and the Senate followed by Royal Assent, as the first Green Party legislation enacted in Canadian history. Prior to being elected Green Party leader, Elizabeth May served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, an environmental organization. An advocate for social justice, environmental issues (including climate change and global warming), and human rights, Elizabeth May earned a law degree from Dalhousie Law School in 1983.
Elizabeth May is the author of a variety of books, some of which are available for borrowing from Toronto Public Library collections:
Books:
Read the review of Who We Are: Reflections of My Life and Canada from The Globe and Mail.
Try also the following books by Elizabeth May:
At the cutting edge: the crisis in Canada's forests [revised edition] / Elizabeth May, 2005.
Frederick Street: life and death on Canada's Love Canal / Maude Barlow and Elizabeth May, 2000.
eBooks:
As part of making an informed decision in federal election 2015, citizens should avail themselves of information from the media (newspapers, radio, television, online etc.) as the election campaign unfolds. To help with that, Toronto Public Library cardholders can also access the following databases online in seeking information from magazine and newspaper sources:
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Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA)
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Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)
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(See also: Pre-Election Reads: Stephen Harper )
(See also: Pre-Election Reads: Thomas Mulcair )
(See also: Pre-Election Reads: Justin Trudeau )
