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House Hansard - 121

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 31, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Oct/31/22 12:27:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, that was an interesting speech by the member from Calgary, as always. I will have to add the word “consultocracy” to my vocabulary. He mentioned how unenforceable the law would be. The CEPA, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, has been on the books since 1999, and it has never been enforced in any way. Could he perhaps give us some ideas on how we should make it enforceable? Canadians deserve to live in a clean and healthy environment and we need to be able to enforce that.
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Context: House Hansard - 121 - Oct/31/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Oct/31/22 12:41:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, I just want to add some comments to the member's concerns around how this idea of the right for Canadians to live in a healthy and clean environment would be approached. In this bill that we are debating today, Bill S-5, the new Canadian Environmental Protection Act would only extend those rights as far as the bill goes. It would basically be around toxins, air pollution and water pollution. The federal government has a wider mandate than that. We have a lot of environmental legislation on the books, including the Fisheries Act and the Species at Risk Act. Would the member agree that we need to extend that right to the entire federal mandate?
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