Budworm Battles: The Fight to Stop the Aerial Insecticide Spraying of the Forests of Eastern Canada

by Elizabeth May

The author lives in Margaree Harbour, Cape Breton where she is head cook at her family's restaurant on board an old fishing schooner, the Marion Elizabeth. She is currently a student of the Faculty of Law of Dalhousie University and plans to practice environmental law. While remaining involved in opposing the abuse of chemical sprays, she is also active in the movement against the development of uranium mining in Nova Scotia.

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Published January 1, 1982

About the author

Elizabeth Evans May OC MP, is an American-born Canadian environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and politician currently serving as leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.

May became a Canadian citizen in 1978. She currently resides in Sidney, British Columbia with her daughter, Victoria Cate May Burton. She is studying theology at Saint Paul University, and describes herself as a practising Anglican.