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Lisa Marie Barron

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nanaimo—Ladysmith
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,270.93

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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jun/16/23 12:07:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, abandoned vessels have been left to sink, polluting our coastlines. The Liberals promised to clean this mess up, yet in the last year, only 33 vessels out of thousands on the west coast have been removed. What is worse is that the number of these derelict vessels is only increasing. Luckily, there are solutions. Yesterday I tabled a bill calling on the government to work alongside locals and first nations to protect our oceans. Will the Liberals stop pretending they have this under control and clean up these abandoned vessels?
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-344, an act to amend the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, national strategy respecting abandoned vessels. She said: Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand today to table my bill, an act to amend the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, national strategy respecting abandoned vessels. I would like to thank my NDP colleague, the member for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, for seconding it. Abandoned vessels in Canadian waters have been left to sink, polluting our oceans, harming wildlife and threatening food security. Canadians who live on our coasts know all too well the harms, seeing what locals call “vessel graveyards” lining the coasts. It is time that something is done about it. This bill includes the development and implementation of a much-needed strategy to address the ever-increasing number of vessels being abandoned along the west coast of Canada, working in partnership with indigenous governing bodies and the province. The measures include, among others, developing a system to promptly and effectively identify the owners of vessels, developing a mooring plan for vessels and developing innovative recycling initiatives for wrecked vessels and their components. Derelict and abandoned vessels cannot be allowed to continue to threaten our coasts. Our oceans, marine ecosystems and coastal communities deserve protecting.
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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jun/5/23 3:06:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, despite the clear damages from abandoned vessels to food security, marine life and the environment, the Liberals have not done enough. Locals know this damage well as abandoned vessels, or what locals call “vessel graveyards”, line our coasts. First nations and community groups are willing to clean up the government's mess. All that is missing is the government's political will. Therefore, will the Liberals immediately provide the necessary funding to first nations and locals to clean up these harmful, destructive vessels?
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