Bill C-23

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…and discussion regarding the important matters facing Canadians and to participate in the debate on Bill C-23, the historic places of Canada act. Many Canadians would consider our national parks and our national historic sites to be truly jewels of our country. When we speak to folks from around the world, o…

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…d making consequential amendments to other acts. Tomorrow we will begin debate at second reading of Bill C-23, the historic places of Canada act. On Monday, we will begin debate at report stage and third reading on Bill C-32, the fall economic statement implementation act, 2022. Thursday will be the final al…

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, be read the third time and passed. Mr. Speaker, as always, it is a great pleasure for me to rise in the House on behalf of the peo…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am very happy to be here to speak to Bill C-235, an act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies. I want to thank the member for Winnipeg South Centre for bringing this forward. As a person who lives on the coast, I do not have …

Private Members' Business

…start off with a bit of a different perspective. I genuinely appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-235, which has been sponsored by a dear friend of mine, the member for Winnipeg South Centre. The member and I go back to 1988, actually. I have heard a great number of speeches from my friend. Over the…

Private Members' Business

…peak in favour of good legislation and against bad legislation. This evening I am doing the latter. Bill C-235 represents yet another top-down, Ottawa-knows-best approach to the western Canadian resource sector, continuing a legacy that goes all the way back to Pierre Trudeau's national energy program, and a…

Private Members' Business

The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, as reported (with amendment) from the committee.

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…ted Bill S-4, a bill that enjoyed support at second reading on all sides of the aisle. Bill S-4 was Bill C-23 in the last Parliament, which also did not see the light of day in this chamber, but I digress. It seems that good bills do not receive good priority for this file in this place, but we will leave th…

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… in passing this particular piece of legislation. There was a previous version of this legislation, Bill C-23, that was introduced back in 2021. As the member knows about the procedures and how this place works, when there is an election it wipes clean the slate of all the bills that are currently on the Ord…

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…rative on the urgency of this. This bill, as I mentioned in my speech, was introduced originally as Bill C-23 a couple of years ago. What happened in the intervening time? An unnecessary election reset the clock, and here we are today studying Bill S-4. The Conservatives support Bill S-4. There are some nece…