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Elizabeth May

Leader. MP Saanich-Gulf Islands

Criminal contempt of court, the judge found, for defying the injunction at a Trans Mountain worksite, 23 Mar 2018. Fined $1,500 on 28 May 2018, above the $500 the Crown and her lawyers proposed.

Record

Strings on the board

Kennedy Stewart: Trans Mountain injunction, 2018: both pleaded guilty to criminal contempt (BC Supreme Court)

The documents

Supreme Court of British Columbia: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC v. Mivasair, 2018 BCSC 947, Oral Reasons for Sentence (Re: Elizabeth May) (para. 5; para. 6; para. 8)
The Georgia Straight: Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May pleads guilty to criminal contempt and receives $1,500 fine (her statement)