Bill S-222

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…ng — including a material, product or sustainable resource — that achieves such benefits. In short, Bill S-222 encourages the federal government to support the forestry industry in reducing its carbon footprint. As a tireless advocate for the Quebec forestry industry, the Bloc Québécois will obviously be voti…

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…n such events. I thank my NDP colleague, the member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay for sponsoring Bill S-222 in this place. It is a step in the right direction to help eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The government has the responsibility to do its part. We must all do our part to reduce emissions. We mu…

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Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise and speak to Bill S-222 this afternoon. I think what would come as a surprise to a good number of people is the degree to which wood is being utilized as a building component, especially for people—

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… did not quite get through the Senate. It bodes well, in terms of where we are today, talking about Bill S-222. Within that legislation, given the very nature of the fact that it is originating from the Senate, and we have seen the wide support from a previous House, where members on all sides saw the value o…

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…uilds can mean for both architecture and city planning and also for the benefit of the environment. Bill S-222 is intended to help level the playing field in procurement where traditionally wood construction would not have been a feasible part of the typical procurement process. Bill S-222 acknowledges an evo…

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… U.S. Midwest today was actually discovered by Quebeckers, the coureurs de bois. Let us get back to Bill S-222. The Bloc Québécois has long been committed to promoting the forestry sector and to upgrading forestry products. We have long been proposing that the federal government use its procurement policy to …

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Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill S-222. I too, as other speakers have, support this legislation. One thing I have not heard much of today that I would like to talk about in the short period of time I have is why it makes sense to transiti…

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moved that Bill S-222, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am happy and proud to rise in the House …

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…. Indeed, the greening government strategy flows from the Federal Sustainable Development Act. With Bill S-222, we have an opportunity to encourage the use of wood by PSPC and, by extension, the whole of government to meet our climate change objectives. Indeed, wood represents a green approach to building and…

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Madam Speaker, it is my honour to rise today to speak to Bill S-222. I want to recognize the member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay for introducing this bill. Back in 1951, when my grandfather was 21 years old, he came across the ocean from the Netherlands with $200…