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Richard Cannings

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • South Okanagan—West Kootenay
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 61%
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Context: House Hansard - 201 - May/29/23
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • May/29/23 5:24:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of respect for the member for Milton and his work on the health file. Health Canada has found that air pollution is a factor in 15,300 premature deaths and millions of respiratory issues every year in Canada, yet this bill has nothing in it about air quality standards. We need to have enforceable air quality standards in Canada, but this bill does not mention it at all. The air flows between provinces. We see that with the smoke coming out of Alberta. Why did the government leave air quality completely out of this bill and vote down proposed amendments to fix this?
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