Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, when we took power, we found out that the previous Liberal government had left us with an environmental mess, and we are now all finding out the true and real costs of 13 years of Liberal inaction on the environment. The previous Liberal government

Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the environment commissioner also said that “good intentions are not good enough”. She went on to say: When it comes to protecting the environment, bold announcements are made and then often forgotten as soon as the confetti hits the ground. The federal [Liberal] g

Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, we are here today to debate the amended version of Bill C-288, and I wonder, where has the member been for the last 10 years? Unfortunately, the Liberals were strangely silent and inactive on the environment file, so I am glad they have finally woken up. The fundame

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development  Mr. Speaker, we will look at all options, but in mentioning the environment commissioner, let us listen to what the commissioner said in the 2001 report: “The continued upward trend in Canada's emissions demonstrates that the government”, which refers to the Liberal government, “

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development  Mr. Speaker, we do appreciate the hard work of the commissioner and the Auditor General. In 2004, the commissioner went on to say in her report: Why is progress so slow? After all, the mandates and commitments are there, the knowledge of what to do and how to do it is there, an

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member's comments on the environment and his zeal to move forward. I agree with his criticism of the former Liberal government of doing absolutely nothing on the environment. In his zeal, he misrepresented the facts. He said that he was the onl

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member to whom he referred is still sitting on the committee. We have quotes from the leader himself that it is very difficult to set priorities and if we push the responses, of course, that is not fair. We will move forward. We are a government that has clear p

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member well knows, Bill C-30 with the notice of intent to regulate deals with many of the questions that he has asked. The hon. member sits on that committee. We are looking forward to receiving the cooperation of all members of the opposition to move fo

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, again, I thank the member for his question and in fact the participation of the Bloc in the legislative committee on Bill C-30. The members well know that the plan is to deal with the health of Canadians and the health of the planet. We well know that the science o

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here today as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and to participate in this debate. I begin by thanking the environment minister for the hard work and the great achievements he has made. The government, under the leade

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I think the points have been made. I started off my comments by saying that I was quite sad and disappointed in the trust being broken, but I believe the points have been made and it wouldn't serve the committee well to now continue dividing us. We need to work togethe

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, the comments I made were these. I asked for an apology from the person who leaked that document. We need to return confidence in the confidentiality and the trust in one another, that when we have confidential documents or a confidential meeting we can trust that each

Environment committee  Yes, I will be making a motion. I move that if that person is not willing to make that apology, that this committee investigate and that the clerk investigate and provide a report back to this committee of where that breach happened. As you said, we are creatures of our own maki

Environment committee  That is my motion.

Environment committee  I was given the floor by the chair, so you can't say he had the floor.