Elizabeth May

"Little wonder that the dumbing down of the political discourse, the attack ads and war rooms reign triumphant. The fifth estate is an enabler in this addiction to political trivia in place of reasoned…"

"“I was raised to be extremely productive,” May recalls. “That was how my mom would put it; she’d say, ‘I had a very productive day.’"

"I participate, therefore I am."

"“Kyoto is not dead,” May says. “We’ve got a year to convince the prime minister to change his position."

"Countries with high voting rates also have high levels of political knowledge."

"Three of my ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence. It's just that any system of government has it pluses and minuses and it's important to understand the system of government you do live un…"

"“Don’t give up,” she implored. “Get up and fight."

"You can’t deal with an issue like climate change if you basically abandon a healthy democracy and allow a corporatist culture to make the decisions. So you need engaged citizens, and you need Occupy,”…"