Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member opposite for all of her hard work and support for action on climate change and sustainable development. Here, I am also thinking of our colleague, who sadly is deceased, Arnold Chan, who talked about the importance of civility, working to

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, Environment and Climate Change Canada, ECCC, takes threats to the environment very seriously. ECCC has opened an investigation into alleged violations of subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act in relation to a fish kill in the Clyde River, Prince Edward Island, that

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), the baseline methane emissions quoted in the analysis are based on projections from Canada’s second biennial report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. With regard to (b), Figure 1 summarizes the key impacts estimated i

Parks Canada  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Cloverdale—Langley City for his question and for his long service with Parks Canada. Our thoughts are with those impacted by the Kenow fire, which caused significant damage to Waterton Lakes National Park. I am very pleased to r

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we are absolutely committed to working with the provinces, territories, and indigenous peoples on the protection and recovery of Canada's species at risk, including caribou, in a timely manner, with robust recovery plans based on the best available science and tradit

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I just want to note that the member's intervention had all the drama of a Shakespearean tragedy, but we are here to debate legislation. It is Bill C-57, so I have a very simple question. Does the hon. member support the bill in the end?

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her leadership in the Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas region. It is important and critical to have members who are committed to a sustainable environment and strong economy. I was proud to be in Hamilton where we are working very ha

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to thank the hon. member for her hard work in this regard. We believe we are making very important changes to the act that respond to the committee's report, such as making decision-making related to sustainable development more transparent and ac

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the member opposite for his hard work as part of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. It was a unanimous report, and I certainly appreciate the efforts in that regard. Unlike the previous government, though, our gov

Federal Sustainable Development Act  moved that Bill C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am proud today to speak about Bill C-57, an act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act. This is an important step toward

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I am extraordinarily proud of our government's record on action and climate change. After a decade of inaction by the previous government, we not only have a target but a plan to make it. We are reducing emissions from coal-fired plants. We are putting a price on c

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud of what our government has done. The former Conservative government did nothing. It had targets, but no plan. We have worked very hard with the provinces, territories, and indigenous peoples to come up with a real plan to reduce our emissions, eliminate

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, there are many environmentalists on my advisory council. There are also an indigenous leader, business leaders, and academics. We believe that we are going to have the strongest environmental protections. We are going to fight for them. We know that is the right thin

Parks Canada  Mr. Speaker, Parks Canada's core mandate is to protect and present Canada's natural and cultural heritage. A significant portion of Parks Canada's assets are general infrastructure, such as highways, dams, and non-heritage bridges that are not directly linked to our mandate, for

Parks Canada  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. To be clear, it is an initial exploratory study to inform future discussions on the management of infrastructure that is unrelated to Parks Canada's core mandate, such as highways, dams, and non-heritage bridges. No decision