House of Commons Debates VOLUME 147 Ï NUMBER 126 Ï 2nd SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, October 9, 2014 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 8439 HOUSE OF COMMONS Thursday, October 9, 2014 The House met at 10 a.m. residents of the riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. The petitioners are calling upon the government to ensure that Saanich Inlet be designated as an area in which boaters and any other vessels are not permitted to discharge raw sewage. They are calling on the House of Prayers Commons to work with the Province of British Columbia to protect Saanich Inlet by immediately adding it to the list of designated zones where such discharge is not allowed. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS MANDATORY LABELLING OF PRODUCTS Ï (1005) Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, [English] I have a second petition from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands who are concerned about their right to know what is in the products COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE they buy. They are calling on the House of Commons to put in force NATURAL RESOURCES mandatory labelling of products containing genetically modified materials. Mr. Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NDP) moved that the second report of the Standing Committee on Natural PROSTITUTION Resources, presented on Thursday, November 28, 2013, be Mrs. Joy Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I concurred in. have close to 2,000 signatures that continue to come in to ask The Speaker: Is the House ready for the question? Parliament to decriminalize the selling of sexual services and criminalize the purchasing of sexual services. This is from all Some hon. members: Question. provinces across Canada. The Speaker: The question is on the motion. Is it the pleasure of FALUN GONG the House to adopt the motion? Mrs. Joy Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I Some hon. members: Agreed. have another petition calling on Parliament to pass a resolution to establish measures to stop the Chinese Communist regime's crime of An hon. member: On division. systematically murdering Falun Gong practitioners for their organs The Speaker: I declare the motion carried. and to amend Canadian legislation to combat forced organ harvesting. (Motion agreed to) *** *** QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER PETITIONS Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of IMPAIRED DRIVING the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, Mr. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga, CPC): Mr. the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 646, 647, and Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by citizens 648. of Canada who want to see tougher laws and the implementation of [Text] new mandatory minimum sentencing for those persons convicted of impaired driving causing death. Question No. 646—Ms. Joyce Murray: With regard to government funding, for each fiscal year since 2007-2008 They also want the Criminal Code of Canada to be changed to inclusive: (a) what are the details of all grants, contributions, and loans to any redefine the offence of impaired driving causing death as vehicular organization, body, or group in the province of Prince Edward Island, providing for manslaughter. each (i) the name of the recipient, (ii) the location of the recipient, indicating the municipality and the federal electoral district, (iii) the date, (iv) the amount, (v) the THE ENVIRONMENT department or agency providing it, (vi) the program under which the grant, contribution, or loan was made, (vii) the nature or purpose; and (b) for each grant, Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, contribution and loan identified in (a), was a press release issued to announce it and, I am honoured to rise today to present a petition from over 1,600 if so, what is the (i) date, (ii) headline, (iii) file number of the press release? 8440 COMMONS DEBATES October 9, 2014 Business of Supply Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House That, in the opinion of the House, the proposed Port of Gros-Cacouna oil of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, owing to the large volume of terminal, which will be used for the sole purpose of exporting unprocessed Canadian oil, will have a negative impact on the Canadian economy through the loss of well- information involved, the government’s long-standing practice with paid jobs, will constitute an unacceptable environmental threat to the St. Lawrence regard to questions relating to total grants and contributions is to ecosystem, including the beluga whale population, and therefore, is not consistent provide an answer for one federal electoral district per question. The with the principle of sustainable development, and must be rejected. government invites the member to specify for which individual riding she would like the requested information and to ask the corresponding question. He said: Mr. Speaker, to begin, I would like to mention that I will Question No. 647—Ms. Joyce Murray: be sharing my time with the hon. member for Dartmouth—Cole With regard to government funding, for each fiscal year since 2007-2008 Harbour, who will be giving an excellent speech once I have inclusive: (a) what are the details of all grants, contributions, and loans to any finished. organization, body, or group in the province of Manitoba, providing for each (i) the name of the recipient, (ii) the location of the recipient, indicating the municipality and the federal electoral district, (iii) the date, (iv) the amount, (v) the department or agency providing it, (vi) the program under which the grant, contribution, or loan was made, (vii) the nature or purpose; and (b) for each grant, contribution and loan This debate and this motion are very important. They will identified in (a), was a press release issued to announce it and, if so, what is the (i) showcase the foundation of the NDP's sustainable development plan date, (ii) headline, (iii) file number of the press release? when it forms the government in 2015. It is very important that we Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House get back to basics and define sustainable development. It is built on of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, owing to the large volume of three pillars. The first is economic. Of course, development is first information involved, the government’s long-standing practice with economic. We need to determine how a project can benefit the regard to questions relating to total grants and contributions is to Canadian economy. The Port of Gros-Cacouna project is not provide an answer for one federal electoral district per question. The economically beneficial. In fact, the economy in this region already government invites the member to specify for which individual relies on ecotourism, fishing and marine resources. An oil spill riding she would like the requested information and to ask the would be catastrophic for all of those jobs. In addition, this project corresponding question. focuses solely on exporting. There is no opportunity to process the raw material; therefore, there is no possibility to add value or create Question No. 648—Mr. David McGuinty: jobs. That is why this project makes no sense economically. With regard to government funding, for each fiscal year since 2007-2008 inclusive: (a) what are the details of all grants, contributions, and loans to any organization, body, or group in the province of Saskatchewan, providing for each (i) the name of the recipient, (ii) the location of the recipient, indicating the municipality The second pillar is environmental. The beluga whale, a symbol of and the federal electoral district, (iii) the date, (iv) the amount, (v) the department or agency providing it, (vi) the program under which the grant, contribution, or loan Quebec, lives there. The beluga is a symbol not just of Quebec, but was made, (vii) the nature or purpose; and (b) for each grant, contribution and loan of Canada. The beluga is also a threatened species. In 2010, there identified in (a), was a press release issued to announce it and, if so, what is the (i) were about 1,000 belugas, but the latest figures show that in 2012, date, (ii) headline, (iii) file number of the press release? there were only 880. Protecting the ecosystem and the environment Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House is a very important aspect of sustainable development, but that of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, owing to the large volume of protection will be impossible in this case. information involved, the government’s long-standing practice with regard to questions relating to total grants and contributions is to provide an answer for one federal electoral district per question. The government invites the member to specify for which individual The third pillar is social acceptance. I will explain why later, but I riding he would like the requested information and to ask the travelled around the Lower St. Lawrence and across Quebec twice, corresponding question. and there is no social acceptance. [English] Mr. Tom Lukiwski: Mr. Speaker, I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand. The Conservatives have made a real mess of this file, and my colleagues who have been working on it can talk about that later on. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bruce Stanton): Is that agreed? For one thing, the Maurice Lamontagne Institute is in the region, and Some hon. members: Agreed. in 2012, the Conservatives made draconian cuts there. Some two- thirds of the scientists who worked at the institute, in fields such as ecotoxicology, lost their jobs. Environmental science was absolutely eviscerated there. GOVERNMENT ORDERS [Translation] BUSINESS OF SUPPLY In addition, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act has been completely watered down.