Oil Tanker Moratorium Act   and implementation of a world-class tanker safety system. This included modernization of navigation systems, enhanced area response planning, and ensuring that polluters pay for the spills and damages caused by accidents in their operations. As a result of this legislation, on top of Canada's

Environment committee  Thank you very much. One of our colleagues today used the phrase “polluter pays“, and I strongly object to that. The implication is that you're polluters. In my previous life I managed environmental licences, and I know very well that modern industry does not pollute. It's

Environment committee  . In your presentation, you spoke of the new principles being proposed. When you speak about principles, these are intergenerational equity, prudence, the polluter pays principle, internalization of costs, openness and transparency, the contribution of aboriginal peoples, collaboration

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act   symbolism, the previous Conservative government strengthened Canada's environmental regime by creating a world-class tanker safety system, including modernizing our navigation system, building marine safety capacity in first nation communities, and ensuring that any polluters pay

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act   that modernized Canada's navigation system, enhanced area response planning and marine safety capacity for first nation communities, and ensured that polluters pay for spills and damages on all coasts. Canada has industry-leading regulations with standards well beyond other jurisdictions

Safe and Accountable Rail Act   with his thoughts as well. I rise today to speak in support of Bill C-52. It is a good bill. It is the safe and accountable rail act, which would reinforce the government's polluter pays principle for the rail sector. The polluter pays principle holds industry accountable

Pipeline Safety Act   want to know that if there are any accidents, they as taxpayers are not responsible for cleaning it up. We hold that firm and we have in many other pieces of legislation that we put forward. This is no exception. The polluter pay principle stands. The polluter pay principle

Safe and Accountable Rail Act   up with what is in the bill. I think it would be naive to say that everyone agreed on exactly what to do and at what level, but that is why we have consultations. We think that the polluter pay principle should be put forward as the number one tenet of the accountability portion

Bill C-22 Energy Safety and Security Act

that is applicable to spills and debris in the offshore areas. More specifically, Part 1, among other things, (a) expressly includes the “polluter pays” principle, which is consistent with the notion that the liability of at-fault operators is unlimited; (b) increases to $1 billion the limit

Bill C-46 An Act to amend the National Energy Board Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

This enactment amends the National Energy Board Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act in order to strengthen the safety and security of pipelines regulated by those Acts. More specifically, the enactment, among other things, (a) reinforces the “polluter pays” principle; (b) confirms

Abandoned Vessels   to manage. That said, I am supportive of the proposed amendment by a government member to add a line to the motion that would urge the government to “consider measures to ensure owners are strictly liable for remediating abandoned vessels”. This is a very fair point; it is the polluter

Energy Safety and Security Act   for Canadians and the environment. Bill C-22 is focused on the three main areas: prevention, response, and accountability. Today I would like to focus on the area of accountability, namely polluter pays. In our Speech from the Throne, our government committed to enshrining the polluter

Pipeline Safety Act   am focusing on the area of liability and compensation, particularly emphasizing the bill's strengthened measures to compensate for environmental damages in keeping with the polluter pays principle. Under Bill C-46, our government would deliver on the promise to enshrine

Bill C-74 Canada-Quebec Gulf of St. Lawrence Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

) establishes a regime for occupational health and safety for workers and the management of labour relations in the joint management area; (e) provides the mechanism for issuing interests and calls for bids; (f) expressly includes the “polluter pays” principle, which is consistent

Safe and Accountable Rail Act   of Canadian Municipalities, and the insurance industry. Our objective has been to ensure there are sufficient resources to adequately compensate potential victims and pay for cleanup costs. Our aim is also to make sure that the polluters pay, so that the taxpayers do not shoulder