Elizabeth May joins Afghanistan delegation at climate change conference

No, she hasn't emigrated to Afghanistan.

But Green Party leader Elizabeth May is now part of the Afghan delegation at a UN climate conference currently taking place in Warsaw.

The full-fledged Canadian isn't part of her own country's delegation because she wasn't invited to be.
"The Harper administration continues its outrageous practice of sending delegations to international meetings, not representing Canada, but representing the Conservative Party of Canada," May wrote in a blog post.

"Only Jim Prentice as environment minister did what all previous governments have done and include opposition MPs in the delegation."

"I am here with my way paid by the Green Party of Canada and I will receive my UN credentials through my membership in the Global Greens."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/elizabeth-may-joins-afghanistan-delegation-climate-change-conference-032050779.html

So why is she joining Afghanistan of all countries?

Being part of a national delegation — rather than going simply as an observer — allows May to attend every room and every negotiation.

In return, the Afghans get an environmental lawyer and climate policy expert on their team.

"I am volunteering to assist a country that has had such a difficult experience through war and conflict. In UN terms, Afghanistan is described as “post-conflict," May wrote.


Elizabeth May is far better off being associated with Afghanistan than the Harper incompetents.

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Federal government gives belated rejection to Elizabeth May on climate summit delegation

OTTAWA – The office of Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq turned down Green party leader Elizabeth May’s request to join the Canadian delegation at an international climate change summit in Poland – four days after the ongoing climate meeting started.

The minister’s office said Tuesday a letter was sent to the Green MP on Nov. 15, four days after the two-week conference began, and nearly two months after May says she wrote to the minister in September requesting inclusion.

I assume they were intimidated to have someone far more intelligent and experienced than all the Conservatives put together.