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House Hansard - 47

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Mar/28/22 4:18:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, the member represents a beautiful part of the country with some spectacular native grasslands. He touched on farming, and I just want to give the member some time to maybe expand on his comments about using native grasslands and conserving native grasslands to have carbon sequestration and to preserve biodiversity. This is the most endangered ecosystem in Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Mar/28/22 4:49:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock. I had the pleasure of visiting his riding last fall at the peak of fall colours, so I can appreciate where he comes from. Mr. Scot Davidson: Lake Simcoe. Mr. Richard Cannings: You have thrown me off there. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Mr. Richard Cannings: Madam Speaker, I come from a riding where tourism is a huge part of the economy, as does he. What does the member think of the government's misplaced support or lack of support for tourism when the latest tourism support program does not include companies that are seasonal? Canada is all about seasons, with the fall colours and then the winter, yet people and businesses whose work is seasonal in nature could not even apply for this support program.
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Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Mar/28/22 5:37:21 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, I take issue with the member's comments about climate change being something we can put off. Climate change is not something we can put off. We have to act now, and we have to act boldly. Any investment we make into fighting climate change now will be well worth that investment, because it is going to cost us 100 or 1,000 times more if we wait 10 or 20 years, and we will be worse off besides.
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Context: House Hansard - 47 - Mar/28/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Mar/28/22 6:19:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Foothills for his speech. I think he realizes the NDP is supporting Bill C-234. He comes from one of the most beautiful ridings in the country. It is almost as beautiful as mine. What it does have is some of the most fabulous native grasslands in the country. I used to serve on the board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. We did a lot of work in that area, working with ranchers to help conserve one of the most endangered ecosystems in the country. It was valuable to have ranchers on side to help us with that cause. Could he expand on that?
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