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House Hansard - 110

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 7, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 110 - Oct/7/22
Mr. Terry Duguid
  • Oct/7/22 10:17:17 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, this is the first time in the history of CEPA that a right to a healthy environment is there, front and centre. That will be debated in the House and at committee. The hon. member would have the opportunity to make those points again. As the hon. member would know, the bill, which was formerly Bill C-28 and is now Bill S-5, gives two years to codify and specify all of the conditions to implement that right to a healthy environment.
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Context: House Hansard - 110 - Oct/7/22
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)
  • Oct/7/22 10:18:19 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, the government claims that this modernized legislation will create a right to a healthy environment. That is not the case, according to the senior officials who presented the bill to parliamentarians when it was introduced. Does the member of the governing party agree that this legislation does not go far enough?
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Context: House Hansard - 110 - Oct/7/22
Mr. Terry Duguid
  • Oct/7/22 10:18:45 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill S-5 
Madam Speaker, the Bloc would get their opportunity to weigh in, not only in the House, but also at committee to propose amendments. Again, a right to a healthy environment was very much considered an innovation that was not in the previous CEPA and is now in Bill S-5. If hon. members have suggestions on how to strengthen that, we would be open to that debate.
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