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House Hansard - 126

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 14, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/14/22 3:10:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as COP27 opened last week, UN Secretary General António Guterres said: We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator. Did the Prime Minister stay away because he knows he is over the speed limit? Did he stay away because he knows we are part of the problem and not part of the solution? There is still time for the government to do the right thing at COP27. Stand up and announce that we have read the science. We understand we have to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline, reverse the Bay du Nord decision and build a decarbonized electricity grid from coast to coast to coast.
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/14/22 3:25:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this place to speak to an issue of great concern to my constituents, as we live in a coastal area where single-use plastics and marine contamination of plastics is a major issue. The petitioners call on the Government of Canada to strengthen current lax regulatory definitions of single-use plastics to include more harmful items and close loopholes that currently allow single-use items to be classed as more durable with the notion people will take a plastic fork home and wash it in some cases. They call for the removal of the exemption that allows banned products to continue to be manufactured and exported, to move to a clearer and staged action plan that would really eliminate single-use plastics by the year 2030 and for these regulations to be brought forward and in force six months after they are published.
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Context: House Hansard - 126 - Nov/14/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Nov/14/22 3:45:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-32 
Mr. Speaker, I have to say to the hon. minister that it was very disappointing that during Veterans' Week, the fall economic statement ignored the need for veterans to have their spouses, if they married over age 60, recognized as actual surviving spouses so they can receive the benefits they would have received as a widow or widower after the death of their spouse who served this country. This was ignored in the budget. I noticed that survivors' benefits are dealt with, if we are looking at the multi-generational home renovation tax credit, as is what happens to that benefit for a surviving spouse, but there is nothing for our veterans if they married over age 60. Would the government be open to amending this bill to end this injustice to our veterans and their families?
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