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House Hansard - 140

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 2, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 140 - Dec/2/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Dec/2/22 10:30:46 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Madam Speaker, I know the member's history and appreciate all the work he has put into this and where he is coming from. It is a very important bill, and we should, at its core, recognize the indigenous history of Canada, which has been completely absent from most of our commemorations. To protect historic sites, monuments, places or whatever one wants to call them, we need funding. In 2018, the Auditor General found that there was not adequate funding. That happened in my riding. The Miners' Union Hall in Rossland, which is the only site in my riding that is a national historic site, could not get federal funding to maintain its roof.
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Context: House Hansard - 140 - Dec/2/22
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Dec/2/22 10:36:26 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Madam Speaker, I really appreciate my colleague's work on this and his long-standing work in this area. He talked about the national cost-sharing program for historic places. It is my understanding that, for 2023-24, the Liberal government has only budgeted $2 million to this program, yet the environment committee, back in 2017, recommended $10 million. McLean Mill is in Port Alberni, which is in my riding, and it is cash poor. It is relying on the City of Port Alberni's taxpayer base to fund that really important historic site. Can my colleague speak about increased funding to support sites like the McLean Mill?
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Context: House Hansard - 140 - Dec/2/22
Mr. John Aldag
  • Dec/2/22 10:37:09 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Madam Speaker, McLean Mill is a fabulous national historic site. I have had the chance to visit it. It, like many third party-owned sites, as was mentioned, qualifies for the cost-share program. When we studied the program back when I was on the environment and sustainable development committee, we did see there was a greater need for federal support. As part of my budget submission for this year, I am going to be asking for increased funding to the national cost-share program, but right now it is about getting money into the federally owned sites to ensure those, as a starting point, are well looked after and protected for the future generations to come.
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Context: House Hansard - 140 - Dec/2/22
Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP)
  • Dec/2/22 1:16:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Madam Speaker, Chief Ken Watts waamiiš from Tseshaht First Nation, one of the Nuu-chah-nulth nations, has been advocating for funding directly to first nations, to enable their museums to repatriate artifacts and honour their culture. There is lore and there are stories and oral histories in those intellectual artifacts. Could the member speak about how important it is to get those resources to those nations as part of reconciliation?
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