Elizabeth May

Mr. Speaker, members of my constituency of Saanich—Gulf Islands, as well as many adjacent areas, are very concerned about the fate of the southern resident killer whale, an extremely endangered species. These petitioners point out that once the whales swim to their other areas of occupation here and there, they are in Washington state. Washington state has far better protections for southern [more]

Madam Speaker, I have a question for my colleague from Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon. I am a member of the House, but I am not a member of a committee. Vancouver East I want to add a few words to support the position of my colleague and friend from the Bloc Québécois, because it is not just the majority of the committee members who accepted the amendments. There are also two other [more]

C-8 Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to speak to Billthis afternoon. I have a few comments regarding the substance of the bill, but in light of the previous speeches, I think I can clarify the situation regarding unrecognized parties, although it is a bit complicated. The reality of it is that we do not have to change our rules, but I share with my other colleagues that we have the right, [more]

Mr. Speaker, I will not be voting for the motion before us today, but I do agree with the hon. member that we need to find ways to ensure that Canadian industries are put first and that we focus on Canada. I would like to ask the hon. member if he has looked at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Of the $80 billion in our pension plan investments, there is no consideration at all for [more]

Mr. Speaker, I will not in the next 60 seconds be able to do justice to the accomplishments of Dr. David Suzuki. Scientist, geneticist, broadcaster, author, educator and activist, David Suzuki has been a recipient of the highest citizen award in this country, the Companion of the Order of Canada. He has received awards from universities around the world too numerous to mention; awards from [more]

Mr. Speaker, in the course of the debate today, there have been a number of good points made by members on all sides, honestly, but one of the things that continue to trouble me is that we are not actually putting Canada first in our investments. I wonder if the hon. parliamentary secretary would consider raising within his caucus that it is time to reform the Canada Pension Plan Investment [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise and present a petition on behalf of concerned constituents. They are concerned because, as we all know here, the poverty rates among people in the disabled community in Canada are shamefully high. The petitioners point out that after COVID, a lot of services that are essential for people in the disabled community are provided virtually, but the tax system has [more]

Yes, I would. It's deemed moved already, so I appreciate that, Madam Chair. These equivalency notions were added to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act back in 1988. They're already a compromise to try to ensure protections of public health and safety in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, originally combining sections of the Oceans Act, the water protection act and commercial [more]

I thought we were at PV‑3. Are we debating PV‑2 now? I spoke to the wrong amendment. I'm so sorry, Madam Chair. PV‑2 is based on the same principle—

You can't withdraw it. We're not allowed to.

I certainly agree with my colleague Don Davies that division 5 of part 5 should not have been in here. Again, to my friends on the Liberal benches, what I've tried to do here, rather than delete the whole section, is say that if you're going to introduce the concept of a regulatory sandbox and the furtherance of innovation, bracket it by talking about genuine innovation in financial services, and [more]

To the points that Don Davies made, this is one of the reasons that, on principle, omnibus budget bills of over 600 pages that are improperly studied are offensive on their face. This amendment relates to changes that are being proposed to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, an act that was initially brought in at first reading by former prime minister Brian Mulroney's administration and [more]