Environment committee  ) the polluter pays principle; (c) the principle of sustainable development; (d) the principle of intergenerational equity; and (e) the principle of environmental justice. That's what we have. We have no amendments proposed.

Environment committee   of environmental law, including but not limited to (a) the precautionary principle; I'm trusting that others will speak to paragraph 3(a). Paragraph 3(b) is the polluter pays principle; 3(c) is the principle of sustainable development; 3(d) is the principle of intergenerational equity

Business of Supply   waters. The regime is built on a partnership between government and industry, with the respective responsibilities of each party set out in the Canada Shipping Act. The key underlying principle of the regime is that polluters pay, that polluters are responsible, as they should

Environment committee  I want to place this as a point of order, Mr. Chair. Once again we are, in my view, looking at a substantive amendment. As for the question of polluter pays, I'm tempted to use the expression “red herring”, but I don't want to try to surmise Monsieur Bigras' motives. I

Environment committee   of implementing sector-by-sector greenhouse gas reductions to meet our Copenhagen 2020 targets, those costs are borne on the basis of polluter pays. The sectors pay. We've done it in a very non-prescriptive manner, unlike some other countries that use the regulatory tool. We've done

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the polluter pay principle is at the heart of this government's environmental philosophy. We favour a policy of responsible resource development. As we have said before, responsible means enhanced environmental protection. The government has already announced

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, as I have said earlier, our government is committed to periodically assessing the financial liability assessment to ensure that Canada's polluter pay system remains the strongest in the world. With regard to our responsible resource development plan, we have

Natural Resources committee   in question period the Prime Minister also said that we're committed to the polluter pay principle. I'm just wondering if you have any suggestions on how that might be achieved, or how we might strengthen that, beyond just raising the liability limits. Do you have any other suggestions

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would remind my colleague opposite of what the Prime Minister said yesterday, that we understand that the fundamental principle of our environmental review system and our environment regime is the polluter pay principle. We are committed to reviewing

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, in Canada the foundation for our liability regime is the polluter pay principle. I should point out as I did the other day that the Commissioner of the Environment said in terms of nuclear liability limits that: —Canada has actually acknowledged that is too low

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, our government recognizes that the current liability limits for accidents in offshore oil and gas developments need to be reviewed. In Canada, the fundamental principle of our government today is that the polluter pay. Our government is committed to periodically

Fisheries committee   and fearmongering in the discussion on how oil spills are managed in Canada, so I think that we need to be aware of what is happening. It's my understanding that the polluter pay principle is the standard, so could somebody confirm whether or not I'm correct on that? And I see in the sixth line

Natural Resources committee   the response is immediate and comprehensive and is based on polluter pay.

The Environment  . Canada's liability regime is founded on the polluter pays principle. As noted in the recent report by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, the responsibility rests with operators to immediately take all reasonable measures to clean up a spill and prevent

The Environment   regulators will not allow any drilling to start until they are convinced that the environment and the safety of workers will be protected. In the event of a spill, the polluter pay principle is the foundation of our liability regime.