Bill C-248

Routine Proceedings

…ople of Windsor West would like to thank you for your strong support in the previous Parliament for Bill C-248. While that bill did not make it across the finish line—

Routine Proceedings

…, they would like to thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your strong support in the previous Parliament for Bill C-248. While that bill did not make it across the finish line due to prorogation, the hard work behind it and the voices of people—

Routine Proceedings

…bway national urban park has been advanced in Parliament, most recently by a private member's bill, Bill C-248, in the last Parliament. This has already been considered by all the appropriate committees. The petitioners therefore respectfully request that the Government of Canada, in collaboration with Parks …

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-248, An Act respecting the holding of a pan-Canadian conference on time change. Mr. Speaker, as the Government of Canada focuses on building one economy that works for everyone, by removing federal barri…

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague and the Green Party for supporting Bill C-248 since the very beginning and the Ojibway national urban park. They were instrumental in getting that done. She is quite correct that it is not a double standard, by any means, to do this. It is a cha…

Government Orders

… Bill C-47. First, I want to thank members here in the chamber and those who are not for supporting Bill C-248, my private member's bill on the Ojibway national urban park, which passed almost unanimously. I thank members for that. It is good to talk about how this place can work. I have worked, at the indust…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am absolutely delighted to speak today in support of Bill C-248, an act to amend the Canada National Parks Act, Ojibway national urban park of Canada. I would like to thank the member for Windsor West for his hard work in bringing us here. I also want to acknowle…

Private Members' Business

…ers to please stop using those words together. I am very pleased to represent Nunavut in supporting Bill C-248, as tabled by my colleague, the member for Windsor West. This bill would establish the Ojibway national urban park, which is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of first nations,…

Private Members' Business

…member's bill, Bill C-241, and it has been an honour to work with him on his private member's bill, Bill C-248, an act to amend the Canada National Parks Act, the Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada specifically. This has been a fantastic example of collaboration from all levels of government, which is enor…

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from February 8 consideration of the motion that Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada), be read the third time and passed.

Private Members' Business

…e champion of Ojibway all these years. His contribution to this work cannot be overstated. However, Bill C-248 bypasses community consultation, falls short of our duty to consult with first nations and creates a duplicate process that could jeopardize the progress and partnerships already developed by Parks C…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to Bill C-248, an act to amend the Canada National Parks Act. I want to begin by acknowledging that the land I represent is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of first nations, the …

Private Members' Business

…tage, and I am glad the member brought it up here in the House. I am also proud to rise to speak to Bill C-248 here this evening. It is a bill that would create Ojibway national urban park near Windsor, Ontario, and it was put forward by the wonderful member for Windsor West, who has been working so hard and …

Private Members' Business

…ed that the bill be read the third time and passed. Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise here on Bill C-248. I thank all the members in the House for getting it here. In particular, I thank the Conservative Party, the Bloc Québécois, the Green Party and also two Liberal members who supported it. We have tr…

Private Members' Business

The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada), as reported (without amendment) from the committee.

Routine Proceedings

…he sixth report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in relation to Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada). The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House without amendment.

Statements by Members

…r, in the face of continued misinformation from the Prime Minister's Office, yesterday's passage of Bill C-248 establishing Ojibway National Park was a victory for Caldwell First Nation, the City of Windsor, Essex County and the environment. New Democrats, Conservatives, the Bloc Québécois, the Green Party an…

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-248 under Private Members' Business. Call in the members.

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from June 1, consideration of the motion that Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, tomorrow members of all parties will have a chance to send Bill C-248, regarding Ojibway national urban park, to committee. It has the support of Windsor and, most importantly, members of the Caldwell First Nation. It is their territory, and their voices need to be hea…