May has her debate voice heard via Twitter

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This article was published 17/09/2015 (3686 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wasn’t invited to the Globe and Mail federal leaders’ debate, but that didn’t stop her from voicing her opinion and her party’s policies.

Through a series of short videos she posted on Twitter throughout the debate, she answered questions posed to the other leaders and fact-checked their responses. Here is what she had to say:

Student Debt: May pledged that if elected, her party would ensure no Canadian student had more than $10,000 in debt when they graduated and would abolish tuition by 2020

Student debt is a problem. We will offer debt relief and eliminate tuition fees by 2020. #GlobeDebate #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/IA9G1WsXpC

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s career: “The only person on that stage who hasn’t held a private sector job is Stephen Harper,” she said, noting it is important to not be a career politician.

There’s only one person on that stage who has never had a job in the private sector. #GlobeDebate pic.twitter.com/aIymLWBfWN

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Bill C-51: May reiterated that she will repeal Bill C-51, saying it will make Canadians less safe and free, she then called the Liberals’ support “a political calculation.”

Bill C-51 makes us more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. We will repeal it. #GlobeDebate #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/5qWgslYxjq

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Dead Money: She says it is time to have corporations pay their fair share of the taxes, she said the country needs return to 2009, with a 19% corporate income tax. “Tax cuts ended up with large amounts of cash sloshing around in corporate bank accounts…we want it out, up and working.”

It’s time to resurrect dead money. It will mean more jobs. #GlobeDebate #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/C2OhANT7m4

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Refugees and immigration: She notes there are currently too many rules for immigration into Canada, that change too often. “We need a predictable path to citizenship” and called the immigration system “a dysfunctional nightmare.”

Our refugee system is broken. #elxn42 #GlobeDebate pic.twitter.com/XYyKdyMLm9

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Infrastructure: “We need the dollars now,” she said criticizing Harper’s budget, noting it puts $1 billion for transit, but not until 2019-2020. The Green Party will add one-point to the GST, which will bring in $6.4 billion for municipalities.

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We need infrastructure spending now. #GlobeDebate #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/9728c3TN9Y

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015

Job creation: May said key to jobs is to get every ounce out of every raw resource, noting “rip and strip” doesn’t work. She note of Canada’s exports only 40 per cent was value added and it needs to go back to 60 per cent.

Here is our infrastructure plan. #GlobeDebate #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/quhilGBN5g

— Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) September 18, 2015