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Hon. Omar Alghabra

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Mississauga Centre
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $149,480.76

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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Hon. Omar Alghabra
  • Jun/12/23 12:34:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-33 
Mr. Speaker, I often remind ports, including the Port of Vancouver, that they are public institutions. They are there to serve the public and they are there to ensure that they pay attention to their constituents and their stakeholders. This bill would do several things, but let me address a couple of points the bill proposes that could help with the matter that my hon. colleague has raised. First, the bill would require ports to establish advisory groups to ensure that local stakeholders are consulted formally and efficiently, instead of the ad hoc, insufficient ways that may have happened in the past. Second, the bill proposes that ports could create inland terminals. They would no longer have to build all their infrastructure on the coastline and would be able to look for other options.
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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Apr/25/23 2:54:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Richmond Centre for his advocacy. Last week, the Minister of Natural Resources and I announced that it is in our national interest to increase the capacity of the Port of Vancouver by 50% by approving the Roberts Bank terminal 2 project. The port will have to abide by 370 conditions, and we will continue our work with indigenous peoples, environmental stakeholders and unions to ensure the expansion and resilience of our supply chains. We have always said that our environmental plan is an economic plan. We are getting the job done.
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