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House Hansard - 178

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 17, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Apr/17/23 3:40:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this place to present a petition from a number of my constituents concerned about the establishment of the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act. Many veterans have suffered significant injuries over service and are not adequately compensated. The petitioners call upon the Minister of Veterans Affairs to remove any statutory limits on back pay eligibility on the disability allowances they are entitled to and work with individual veterans to ensure just and due compensation for disability allowance, and in a timely manner.
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Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Elizabeth May
  • Apr/17/23 3:44:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to signal the support of the Green Party of Canada for an emergency debate on the rise in hate crimes.
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Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Apr/17/23 4:33:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the people we do not want to leave behind are our own children and grandchildren, and at this point, we are running over them as we continue to support fossil fuels. This budget expands subsidies for fossil fuels by accepting the notion that we can use fossils to create hydrogen. We do that with so-called abated sources. Those are basically weasel words for saying we are going to use fossil fuels to create hydrogen. At the same time, we are expanding access to carbon capture and storage as public subsidies to private sector interests to expand and continue fossil fuels. Could the parliamentary secretary explain how the Liberals can talk out of both sides of their mouth on climate?
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Context: House Hansard - 178 - Apr/17/23
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Apr/17/23 6:02:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague talked about fossil fuel profits and the fact that big business pocketed more than $38 billion this year alone. I find it very mysterious, however, that the costs associated with the Trans Mountain pipeline, which have ballooned to more than $30 billion, are nowhere to be found in the budget. There is absolutely no mention of the Trans Mountain pipeline issues in the budget. I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on that. Why has the government not cancelled this awful project already?
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