Environment committee  I want to follow up on the question from Mr. Vellacott. It's relevant that we're back to the main motion, which is dealing with clause 5. The committee needs very clear clarification of the intent of this bill. Throughout the Liberal leadership race, a number of things were sai

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I'm quite disappointed by the response from Mr. Rodriguez. Hopefully, he's taking his bill seriously. We have some serious concerns with Bill C-288. That's why we've been opposing it to this point. But it's a legitimate question. I'm sure he is not intending this as a

Environment committee  A recorded vote, please. (Clause 4 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4) (On clause 5--Climate Change Plan)

Environment committee  A recorded vote, please.

Environment committee  A recorded vote, please. (Clause 3 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 4) (On clause 4--Binding on Her Majesty)

Environment committee  I think the question that I ask is not ridiculous. What I did was quote the new leader of the Liberal Party and I wanted clarification on that party's position. That party is basically supporting this bill. The leader said the target will not be reached. The witnesses we've heard

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, in light of the witnesses' testimony, I think if you went by percentage, 95% to 99% of the witnesses said that what this bill, Bill C-288, is attempting to achieve is not achievable. We have heard comments to the effect that this would have been relevant in 1998 but is

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is going to be whether the author of the bill, Mr. Rodriguez, is still intending to proceed to clause-by-clause. That will be fine, but it will be quite surprising to me in light of the testimony that we've received. Even as recently as the begi

Environment committee  That's fine. We will proceed to clause-by-clause. Obviously Mr. Rodriguez was not listening to the witnesses, but we will proceed.

Environment committee  We're going to ask for a recorded vote, Mr. Chair. We will not be supporting clause 2. (Clause 2 agreed to: yeas 7; nays 3) (On clause 3--Purpose)

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We find ourselves at the issue of what it would mean for Canada to meet the Kyoto target. Earlier, during the testimony of the witnesses, Mr. Jayson Myers stated the two opinions on how legislators can meet the Kyoto target: either reduce the economic outpu

Environment committee  Is it clause 2 or—?

Environment committee  So the preamble and title are both at the end?

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present. The first one is from constituents in my riding of Langley. First, they are calling on the House of Commons to develop a long range 50-year master transportation plan for the lower mainland. Second, they are asking the government to a

Petitions  The second petition, Mr. Speaker, is again from constituents in my riding of Langley, and is in regard to a ban on terminator technologies. They are asking Parliament to enshrine in legislation a permanent national ban on terminator technologies, genetic use restriction technolog