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Jack Aubry, CanWest News Service, Canada.com

OTTAWA —  The Green party’s doubling in popular support, as reflected in national polls during the past year, has coincided with the environment becoming the top-of-mind issue in the country. But some pollsters think the support may not translate into more votes for leader Elizabeth May and her party in the next election.

For her part, May said Wednesday she is confident that the surge in support to more than 10 per cent, which started after she became leader last August, will continue to grow after the Green party releases its platform in the fall. She added that she hopes it will force broadcasters organizing the leadership debates to allow her to participate during the next campaign.

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From Canoe.ca

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. (CP) - The leader of the federal Green party is planning a series of renovations to make her 80-year-old home in Nova Scotia more energy efficient - and she’s hoping others will follow her example.

Elizabeth May recently bought a house in New Glasgow, which sits in the riding of Central Nova where she plans to run in the next federal election.

She said the two-storey house is very inefficient, with a recent energy efficiency audit giving it a score of 21 out of 100.

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from CBC.ca

An environmental consulting company has threatened to sue the leader of the Green Party of Canada over comments she made about the company’s work regarding herbicides at CFB Gagetown.

Last month, Elizabeth May was publicly critical of Cantox Environmental Ltd., which has carried out several studies on whether Agent Orange and other herbicides created health risks for people at Base Gagetown.
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Related: Green firm wants retraction from May,the Chronicle Herald

I love Elizabeth May’s quote:

Ms. May said if she made any factual errors she is willing to acknowledge it, but will not retract her remarks.

“The health risk assessment they did on Agent Orange in Gagetown was as I said,” she said. “They made a number of assumptions that reduced the likelihood that they would find an unacceptable risk.”