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House Hansard - 99

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 21, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Mr. Rob Morrison (Kootenay—Columbia, CPC)
  • Sep/21/22 2:11:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in celebration of National Forest Week, the Forest Products Association of Canada's annual Awards of Excellence is an incredible program designed to recognize the dedicated professionals who work in Canada's forest sector and the academics, community leaders and professionals who work hard to advance the environmental and economic benefits of Canadian forestry. I am honoured to rise in the House of Commons today to celebrate Clara Reinhardt, mayor of Radium Hot Springs, the beautiful mountain town of Kootenay—Columbia, for being recognized as a recipient for the Community Champion Award. The forest sector is critical for Kootenay—Columbia and Canada. It is important to recognize the dedication, sacrifice and hard work of community-minded individuals like Clara, who is on Parliament Hill today. I thank the Forest Products Association of Canada. On behalf of members of this chamber and the constituents of Kootenay—Columbia, I thank Clara and all the recipients for their service to the community and offer them congratulations on their recognition as community champions.
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Context: House Hansard - 99 - Sep/21/22
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Sep/21/22 3:42:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise here and present a petition that has a number of points. I will try to summarize them briefly. In general, this petition calls on the government to act to protect endangered ecosystems, particularly old-growth forests. The petitioners specifically mention Fairy Creek on southern Vancouver Island, but the petition is broader in its scope. It is looking for the Government of Canada to work with first nations and provinces to protect such endangered old-growth ecosystems right across Canada; to fund the long-term protection of old growth as part of Canada's climate action plan; to support value-added forestry initiatives, creating jobs and particularly working with first nations; to ban the export of raw logs so our logs go to sawmills, creating jobs; and, last, to ban the use of forest products in Canada for wood pellet biofuel production, a false climate solution.
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