Evidence of meeting #31 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was right.
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The Chair Conservative James Bezan
No, no, not at all. I'm just asking you to give him a chance to respond.
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A voice
Québec.
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Stephen Woodworth Conservative Kitchener Centre, ON
Québec: merci beaucoup. Is Nature Québec in favour of a carbon tax?
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Executive Director, Nature Québec
We're in favour of measures that place a true value on carbon, to ensure it is used wisely. Those measures are complex and may be the subject of other presentations.
To reassure your colleague on the shale gas issues or whatever, natural resources are not covered in this bill...
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Stephen Woodworth Conservative Kitchener Centre, ON
I agree. You've answered my question.
Mr. Chair, if I may, on a point of order--
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The Chair Conservative James Bezan
Order.
Mr. Simard, we have a point of order. One moment, please.
Monsieur Bigras, on a point of order.
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Bernard Bigras Bloc Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Chair, I don't really see the connection between the question and the bill we are considering.
When someone asks a question, basic decency and minimum respect for a witness mean that they are given time to answer. As well, he was prepared to answer the question. Our colleague is given the time to ask his question, which was in fact redundant, and the witness is also given time to answer.
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Stephen Woodworth Conservative Kitchener Centre, ON
I'm going to withdraw my question, Mr. Chair.
I do believe there is a clear link and a clear mechanism in this act, but I don't believe that this witness is going to allow me to ask the question in a timely fashion. I'm going to surrender the balance of my time to Mr. Armstrong.
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The Chair Conservative James Bezan
Actually, time has expired.
We're going to move on to our next point of business, which is Mr. Armstrong's motion.
With that, I want to thank Monsieur Simard for appearing. We all had our chance to ask him a question.
Mr. Armstrong, would you like to table that motion now?
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Scott Armstrong Conservative Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I support the premise of this bill, but I have concerns—
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