MP Elizabeth May: Congratulating New Speaker (June 2, 2011)

Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP):

Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to congratulate you on your victory today and to commend, as well, the honourable members who all spoke so eloquently of the dreams we share for a House of Commons that lives up to the aspirations of the citizens of Canada, who desire nothing more than that they can allow their children to watch question period without fear of learning bad habits.

I have heard such good and strong sentiments today, and I want to speak personally to you, Mr. Speaker.

Congratulations. Today I am very proud of your efforts and your hard work. When the time came to elect a new speaker, the members decided to elect someone quite young.

I am speaking frankly. We know you are a young Speaker, but this is a young House. We have more young members of Parliament than we have had before and, as the only woman leader of a federal political party, I note with pride we have more women, at 25%, in the House of Commons.

Perhaps with this new spirit of co-operation we can indeed deliver greater decorum, greater co-operation and greater respect. I am very proud to join the leader of the official opposition in pledging that my entire caucus will not heckle.

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[WorldComposer]

So excited to hear her speak in the House of Commons!! Love the sense of humour at the end :)

[YeOldeHeretic]

What a wonderful addition to the House. Hopefully during this term she will win over more support. :)

Laurel

[myViewQueens]

Elizabeth May, Canada's airhead.

[Crazyman1212]

lol they put her at the very back.

[TheCanadian9]

@7boon And Gilles Ducepe. There are now 4 dislikes

[7boon]

Stephen Harper, Jack Layton, and Bob Rae disliked this video.

[jtgoodwrench]

YES THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT FOR CANADA ..She's already stopped some fast track politics in OTTAWA....Decisions being made without out due process...I share all these videos with as many people as possible...That way next election they know Canada has a GREAT option from the same old crap we're used to

[SmileyGarrish]

Witness the dawn of a new era in Canadian Politics: A member who is articulate, intelligent and informed, and who actually represents the people who elected her.

Like me. Forget the Blue and Red Machines as the Cons and Libs have worked so hard to make themselves irrelevant to the future. They are the past. Green is the future.

[MrCJYoung]

I've been waiting a long time for this. Wonderful, just wonderful. Also, it nice to see debate already - not the most elegant debate I've read on YouTube but great to see people having discussions. Keep em coming Elisabeth :). Hope to see lots more exchanges of ideas as well.

[unsureandunaware]

Proud to say I voted for the first time being 18 for the Green Party!

[hanksnow82]

@fortheloveoflife24 No problem i often have to educate you lefties

[fortheloveoflife24]

@hanksnow82 Thank you so much for enlightening me with your thoughtful and informative reply. I have learned quite a lot about right wing thinking from your comments. I appreciate your time.