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House Hansard - 213

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/23 4:54:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present this afternoon. The first petition is a petition to the House of Commons and Parliament assembled from 58 signatories in Guelph to support Bill S-243, an act that would enact the climate-aligned finance act, which was drafted based on consultation with national and international experts. It would enable Canada to leapfrog from a laggard to a leader in aligning financial flows with climate commitments.
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/23 4:55:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from 37 constituents who are calling on the Minister of Environment and Climate Change for the Government of Canada to stop fossil fuel extraction expansion, accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy and offer much more help to the poorest and most vulnerable countries. I thank the people from Guelph for continuing to advocate for our climate and for the alignment with financial institutions.
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/23 6:48:38 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, my constituents in Guelph have been talking about clawbacks as well. However, we accepted five of the six amendments from the Senate. In our government, two-thirds of amendments coming from the Senate are generally accepted. In the case of clawbacks, it is so important for us to work with provinces and territories. It is their area of jurisdiction. In Ontario, ODSP has to coordinate with what we are proposing. Although it might look good for us to tell the provinces what to do, eventually, it could end up in the Supreme Court. Could the hon. member tell us how important it is for us to coordinate with the provinces and territories, to the benefit of all Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 213 - Jun/14/23
Mr. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Lib.)
  • Jun/14/23 7:00:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member from the Bloc for her thoughtful intervention tonight. I was particularly interested in her comments around working together with the provinces and territories to come to an agreement. With respect to the Canada child benefit, we were the government that negotiated no clawbacks. We are now putting into legislation the early learning and child care benefit that we have also negotiated with the provinces and territories. We are developing a track record. In fact, we have one we are expanding, and this will become part of what we are doing together with the provinces and territories. Instead of telling them what to do, we will work together. Could the hon. member talk about how important it is, particularly with us working with Quebec and the other provinces, to get this right together?
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