Patrick Weiler
- Born
- April 30, 1986 — West Vancouver, British Columbia
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts from McGill University; Juris Doctor degree from the University of British Columbia
- Career
- Lawyer focused on environmental and aboriginal law
- Political Experience
- Elected to Parliament in 2019, re-elected in 2021 and 2025
- Notable
- Called for a secret ballot on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership in November 2024; publicly called for Trudeau to resign in December 2024; endorsed Mark Carney in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election; elected chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025; advocated for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war in November 2023; supported electoral reforms bills, such as Bill C-210 which would lower the voting age to 16.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Patrick Weiler worked as an environmental and natural resource lawyer. He was reportedly a partner at the Vancouver-based law firm Clark Wilson LLP. His legal practice focused on issues related to natural resource projects, including working with Indigenous groups, government bodies, and project proponents.
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Patrick Weiler won with 38,384 votes (59.7%)
Total votes cast: 64,247
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I think it's a fair question. Again, there are a lot of different ways in which someone could prove how they would maintain the boat at that point. Having all of that information is not something that every boat seller is going to have, either. It's not their responsibility to prove all of those things, but this is the due diligence that you can do, as a boat seller, as you're selling it.
Maybe we can get to that in the next round. Essentially, this was just meant to get around those bad-faith sales in which someone is selling this, for a nominal amount, to get around those responsibilities. I can elaborate on that in the next round.
There are several ways to determine the condition of a vessel, including requesting an appraisal. What's important here is that the person buying the vessel knows its condition. This is the step the person selling the vessel must take. In fact, for the buyer to know whether they will be able to maintain the vessel, they must first know its condition. They can then explain how they intend to
It's more than that. It's going to say how they can maintain it.
Only the person or company responsible for transporting the substance from one place to another would be committing the offence, not someone who is merely watching it happen.
Yes. Very much so. To get back to your earlier question, you're not going to be able to show, at the sale, how someone can fully take care of it. However, this will be information that will be on hand, let's say, if this boat does become wrecked or abandoned, or it actually sinks to the bottom. You would be able to show the steps you took, as the boat seller, to ensure that didn't happen, so it
Thank you very much for the question. I'm sorry, but I don't have the French version in front of me, only the English version. The original intent, when this law was passed, was that this section would constitute a strict liability offence. In 2015, as I mentioned earlier, there was a spill, and the court that handed down the ruling interpreted the law very differently. The government could
I got a legal opinion drafted before I put forward this legislation to address those issues and other issues that came up in early discussions about it. Of course, I can't guarantee how courts are going to interpret things. It will be up to the courts to do that. From the legal advice I've been given, this would be very sound and really focused on making this a strict liability offence.