Madam Chair, the requested increase is not related to knives being allowed. It is for explosive detection equipment.
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Madam Chair, the requested increase is not related to knives being allowed. It is for explosive detection equipment.
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Madam Chair, I am shocked. I would like to ask my colleague where he is getting the information that the money we are sending to help third world countries fight climate change is ending up in the hands of oil companies. Does he have proof of what he claimed in his last three questions?
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Madam Chair, as I said, this money is earmarked for other developing countries facing challenges. Climate change is a global problem that affects every country, and we must all participate in fighting it. Developing countries have fewer resources to combat climate change. Canada is setting this money aside to help these countries better fight climate change.
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Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for his question.
In 2015, when we attended the Paris climate change conference, the Prime Minister promised that Canada would allocate $2.65 billion to help certain developing countries address the challenges of climate change. The $296 million that the member just mentioned is earmarked for this very program and will be used to help developing countries make progress.
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Madam Chair, I believe that the situation has evolved with respect to the contract to Irving. I believe the Heiltsuk first nation, which was involved in this particular case, has taken action that has changed the situation and that it is before the courts at this time.
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Mr. Chair, the decisions will be in the hands of the government, and I am confident that this will solve that problem.
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Mr. Chair, I do not have the precise amount, but it is in the tens of millions of dollars. A great deal has been put into this to ensure that we will not be in a situation in the future where certain people with certain names are not allowed to fly. At the same time, we must of course make sure to keep a no-fly list that has people we definitely do not want to see flying.
The investments we are making in public safety are leading that, but we are working with Transport Canada to find a better way to avoid refusing an air ticket to somebody who happens to have the same name as somebody else on the no-fly list. That has been happening for too long and we have committed the funds to correct that problem.
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Mr. Chair, as I said, we respect jurisdictions and areas of responsibility. I am always ready to speak with my counterpart, who in this particular case is Minister Trevena, on ways that will help to improve safety. Although that is a provincial responsibility, I am certainly ready to make her aware of concerns that have been expressed to me.
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Mr. Chair, for the clarification of all listeners, the federal government is responsible for highways that go through national parks. Other than that, it is a provincial or territorial responsibility to take care of the roads.
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Mr. Chair, I will not answer that specifically, but I will say in a generic way that we look at all ways of improving the safety of flying operations, including what is in the cockpit and what is available to pilots to do their jobs safely.