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Richard Cannings

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • South Okanagan—West Kootenay
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $128,729.57

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Context: House Hansard - 227 - Sep/29/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Sep/29/23 1:28:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-50 
Madam Speaker, I am glad the member for Elmwood—Transcona brought up signals that the current government and governments around the world are sending. Five years ago, I was at a G20 meeting on energy. The subject was this transition that we are talking about today. Germany, Japan, Argentina and even China were talking about the need to move to renewables quickly, and Canada got up and said we built an oil pipeline and would like to build more natural gas pipelines. It was a real face-smacking moment on the world stage. Workers can see that too. They see this transition is happening. Could the member talk more about how we need to involve workers in this process?
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Context: House Hansard - 182 - Apr/21/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Apr/21/23 1:19:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, for his real championing of so many things that give Canadians a better life. One of the things he has been championing is the green new deal, the idea that we have to have a transition to a cleaner future and leave no workers behind. Because of the NDP pressure on the government, we have significant funding for clean tech in this budget that is tied to good union wages so people can have a respectable life in this new future. I wonder if my colleague could provide further comments on that and on whether this should be standard operating procedure for future government infrastructure funding.
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