Tonight, here in Windsor, Elizabeth May paid a visit to talk about the green future of technology and the economy. The Green Corridor class at the University of Windsor invited May to speak. I was originally not sure if I was going to attend because my grandmother had passed away this morning and I only found out about that a few hours before May's lecture was to begin. But I did end up attending and overall it was an interesting lecture. She even made some funny jokes, mostly about Stephen Harper of course but sometimes partisanship can be entertaining!

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Topics included the future of renewable energy sources such as solar power and wind power, Canada's failure to comply with the Kyoto accord, Stephen Harper's singular environmental "plan" on carbon capture and storage and more. Some surprises for me were the fact that the Conservative budget contained legislation that would basically gut the federal Navigable Waters Protection Act, the Act that gives us Canadians the right to paddle almost every river, stream, and creek in the country. This amendment would erode its protection of unobstructed navigation and waterway health whereby the environment minister could eliminate protection of certain waterways and in a time where I would like to think that Canadians are starting to wake up to the environmental concerns of not just Canada, but the world, it would seem ludicrous for a government to try and pass this off. Not only are they trying to pass it off, they tried to sneak it in their budget and like myself, most Canadians haven't even heard of this attempt at a blind side. So for that I say thanks to Elizabeth May for letting us know.

I wish I could have asked her some questions at the end of the night but I was one of the last few that got to meet her and the night was getting later and I knew she was getting ready to leave, so I just introduced myself and got my picture taken with her.

I know I have discussed her a few times in my blog and sometimes in a not so positive light but over all I think she is a genuine environmentalist who also happens to be a politician and well, politicians aren't exactly the perfect example of how someone should be.

It was a good lecture though and I am glad that I attended.

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