Environment Committee on Oct. 23rd, 2024

Evidence of meeting #127 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was parks.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Factors Leading to the Recent Fires in Jasper National Park

Members speaking

Before the committee

Brock Mulligan Senior Vice-President, Alberta Forest Products Association

Heather Sweet Member of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Manning, Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Barry Wesley Consultation Officer, Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Bighorn Stoney First Nation

Tracy L. Friedel President, Lac Ste. Anne Métis Community Association

Jim Eglinski Retired Member of Parliament, As an Individual

Dane de Souza Senior Policy Adviser, Emergency Management, As an Individual

Amy Cardinal Christianson Policy Analyst, Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Lindsey Gartner Project Director, Outdoor Council of Canada

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Okay. I wasn't sure.

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Conservative

Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

Don't you have it in writing? Don't you have any...?

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

The names of those witnesses are the same in English and in French.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

No, I understand.

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Conservative

Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

All right. You went on for quite a while. The amendment was quite lengthy.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Let me try to understand this. The amendment would read “the committee summon former Liberal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna”, and then you want to add names.

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

It's former Conservative environment ministers Peter Kent and Leona Aglukkaq.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Just a second. You're going too fast.

What is the point of order?

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Conservative

Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

Can we get it in writing? We want them in both French and English. It's quite a lengthy amendment.

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

No, it's three names, actually.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Let me finish.

I'm going to try to insert this as an amendment. Then we'll see where we stand.

After “Catherine McKenna”, we add “former environment minister Leona Aglukkaq”. Is that what you...? What is next?

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

It's Peter Kent—

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

We add “former environment minister Peter Kent”.

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

—and his policy adviser at the time.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

It's “and his policy adviser at the time, Melissa Lantsman”.

Is that where it ends?

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Liberal

Adam van Koeverden Liberal Milton, ON

Yes.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Okay. Then it's “to appear on November 6”.

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Conservative

Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

I have a point of order.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Yes.

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An hon. member

Chair.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Just a second.

What's the point of order?

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Conservative

Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

You can't [Technical difficulty—Editor] members of Parliament.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

We're not summonsing. We're asking them to appear.

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NDP

Heather McPherson NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Can we let the witnesses go? I know you said that, but I'm not sure if they explicitly know.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

You may disconnect and go about your day. I didn't mean to keep you here. I'm sorry. Maybe I wasn't clear. You can stay if you like. It's a public meeting.

Thank you, Ms. McPherson.