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House Hansard - 73

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • May/17/22 10:14:59 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from people who are concerned about the G&R recycling facility in Kanehsatà:ke. The facility contains toxic waste being spilled into the environment, which is a threat to residents' health. The petitioners are calling upon the federal government to secure and decontaminate the site. From a reconciliation perspective, they are calling on the government to fight environmental racism.
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Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Mr. Dan Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, CPC)
  • May/17/22 2:12:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in many parts of my riding and across beautiful British Columbia, we are blessed with truly pristine forests. Sadly, many of our forests are increasingly being violated by illegal dumping and other unauthorized uses of Crown land. The garbage and filth left behind is simply alarming. Today I would like to recognize a man named Kane Blake, who decided to do something about it. Mr. Blake founded the Okanagan Forest Task Force. He gathered like-minded volunteers and sponsors to work together to remove this illegal garbage and scrap metal and to restore our forests. I ask members to please listen to this next part very carefully. The Okanagan Forest Task Force has now removed closed to 200,000 pounds of garbage and a further 230,000 pounds of metal waste from our forests. Combined, that is over 430,000 pounds of garbage from our Okanagan forests. I am sure there are members in this place who can speak of similar initiatives that do much in their areas. I would ask this chamber to please join me in thanking Kane Blake and the many volunteers and sponsors for all the work they do on behalf of our forests.
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Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • May/17/22 3:07:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on a recent episode of The Fifth Estate, Canadians were horrified and shocked to see tonnes of plastic waste shipped overseas from Canada where it is being burned and dumped in developing countries. While other nations take action, the Liberals are doing nothing. They even blocked my Conservative bill to ban the export of plastic waste. Enough is enough. We need action. The world's oceans and the environment are suffering. Will the Liberals finally stop this shameful practice?
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Context: House Hansard - 73 - May/17/22
Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • May/17/22 3:09:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, members will not be surprised to hear me thank my colleague for the outstanding work that she does. We are proud to be investing more than $25 million in this expansion project, which will help many municipalities in Montreal divert more organic materials. This will reduce our emissions by more than 13,000 tonnes a year and divert thousands of tonnes of organic waste. This is all thanks to the hard work of our colleague from Longueuil—Charles‑LeMoyne.
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