The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to answer my first question as representative of the residents of Ottawa Centre. We are committed to rebuilding the trust of Canadians in the environmental assessment process, trust that was lost under the previous Conservative government. As part of t

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, one of the commitments we made as a government is to rebuild the trust of Canadians in the environmental assessment process. That is the only responsible way to bring our resources to market in the 20th century. That is what we will do.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I met with the commissioner, as did my colleague, Minister Carr. The National Energy Board told us that it accepts the report's conclusions and is working on implementing solutions.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in this House today to report on the historic agreement that was reached by more than 195 countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this past December. I would like to start with a tribute to a great Canadian, Maurice

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform you that I will be splitting my time with the member for Thérèse-De Blainville. I welcome this opportunity to speak to a motion put forward by the hon. member for Portage—Lisgar. The motion is timely. It comes during a week when the Prime Mini

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, we heard from indigenous leaders that the changes that were made to the environmental assessments had a direct impact on the ability of indigenous people to provide comments about the environmental assessment project for particular processes. That is w

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her congratulations. I am certainly honoured to be in this position. However, I would correct one thing. The interim principles apply to all projects that are under review under the environmental assessment process. Therefore, they go beyond t

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to make it very clear that we consider our climate change obligations to be very serious. We have been clear that in this process we will, in our new interim principles, include upstream greenhouse gas emissions. I am also happy to announce that I am me

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. We need a pan-Canadian plan to tackle climate change. That is what we are working on. I am very pleased to be meeting with my colleagues from all corners of the country today to talk about the plan.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for joining me in Paris at the climate conference and also for his useful comments. We are committed to taking action on climate change. That is why I am meeting today with my colleagues from across the country to talk about wha

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we are really proud of the work that we accomplished in Paris and the ambitious agreement that was reached. I was there along with colleagues from all of the parties. Our government will rebuild Canadians' trust in the environmental assessment process. We are going t

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I was very proud to meet with the ministers of environment from the provinces and territories. In fact, this was the first time in over a decade that we actually had met to talk about the challenges of climate change. In fact, in showing transparency, we put out wh

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as the Liberal Party knows well, the only way to get resources to market in the 21st century is to do it in a sustainable way. That is exactly what we are doing. We introduced principles last week, transitory principles, that will re-establish the trust of Canadians

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. We know that the only way we will get resources to market is in a responsible way. We have depoliticized the process by introducing transitory principles that will re-establish the trust of Canadians. That is how we will get re

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as I would like to reiterate, unfortunately for the Conservatives, Canadians lost trust in our environmental assessment process. The only way we will get resources to markets is to re-establish the trust of Canadians. That is exactly what the Minister of Natural Reso