Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I know how intently the member opposite follows the impacts to wildlife species. Yes, there is a challenge with wind, but if we site wind in the right places it will be a significant contribution to our future. Therefore, the choice is making sure we get the research

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the challenge would be very straightforward if we just needed to stop, everything needed to go in harmony together, and we would end up at some type of Utopia. We can have the same goal at the end, but how we plan on getting there is different, obviously, from what

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will go a back a little to set the context for my future comments. I was at the point where I was saying that pollution is not free. Its costs are incurred through droughts, floods, smog, wildfires, and the effect it has on water, food, and the air that we breathe.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Winnipeg Centre, which will obviously happen after question period. It is not every day that we have the privilege of having our policy so nicely summarized and advocated in a motion by an hon. member of the oppositi

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for being so generous with his comments. I too really appreciate the work he does at committee. Generally, we have a very co-operative and collaborative approach. Lately, it has been a little rockier, but, overall, some amazing work has been done

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a good question. As we have already heard from some members today, the bill will strengthen some fundamentals. The amendments sought to provide certainty, respect for indigenous rights, clarity, and to restore trust. The other issue I want to touch on is sc

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today in support of Bill C-69. As chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, I found it a privilege to be able to study this bill and report it back to the House with important amendments. These amendments were d

Environmental Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act is the primary law governing pollution prevention and the management of toxic chemicals. In 2017, after almost a year of work, the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development submitted a report with 87 recom

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 15th report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in relation to Bill C-69, an act to enact the impact assessment act and the Canadian energy regulator act, to amend the Navi

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Yellowhead for his contributions on the environment committee. I very much enjoyed the work we did together. We did a great job on the FSDA and FSDS. He spoke to much of that in his speech. However, I am really confused because we had a unani

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, there were quite a few things in that question. I will touch on the one at the end and try to capture the others as well. One of the things the commissioner brought forward was that there really was not an across-government approach to this, and the departments were

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I find it very interesting how the member was weaving work that was done at committee on Bill C-69 into what we are discussing today in the House. I just want to make a point to answer the question that was raised. All the committee members from all sides of the Hou

Federal Sustainable Development Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today in support of Bill C-57, an act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act. Specifically, I will discuss how the bill supports a results-oriented, accountable approach to federal sustainability. As chair of the environment committee

Food Banks  Mr. Speaker, today marks the launch of representatives against hunger, a Food Banks Canada initiative in which elected representatives are asked to raise awareness about hunger in their communities. Every day, food banks across the country work hard to raise the food and funds

Nobelton Senior Public School  Mr. Speaker, this is a wonderful time of the year, and not only because it is spring and warmth has finally returned to one of the coldest capitals in the world. It is also the time that grade 8 students from across the country travel to Ottawa to experience Parliament in action