Three cheers for Elizabeth May, Canada’s longstanding federal Green Party leader and number one champion for our climate and the environment. Since becoming the first Green elected to Parliament in 2011, May has also unfailingly pushed for justice for Indigenous people, human rights and peace. She is an MP respected by members of all parties for her intellect and contributions to the political discourse on a broad range of issues. Her announcement last week that she will not lead the Greens into the next election leaves the party at a crossroads and begs the question, can it survive without her?

As a permanent opposition member, May is not beholden to industry and speaks her mind freely. When Imperial Oil for nine months hid a massive 2022 tailings pond spill that seeped into the w

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